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104 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
GREAT BUSTARD [No. 450]. Occurs in Turner (1544) as 
Bustard or Bistard, and in Merrett (1667) as Bistarda or 
Bustard ; he says it is found on Newmarket Heath and 
Salisbury Plain. Newton says it is a corruption from the 
Lat. avis tarda. Gesner calls it “ Otis vel Bistarda.” Wil- 
lughby (1678) has ‘‘ Bustard—Otis seu tarda avis.” Hector 
Boethius (1526) has ‘‘ Gustardes,” and Sibbald also gives 
the popular name as “ Gustard.” Pennant calls it merely 
““ Bustard ” in his folio edition (1766), but in the later 
editions as well as by later British writers it is called Great 
Bustard. In Montagu’s day (1802) this noble bird was 
still to be found on the Wiltshire plains “ where they are 
become very scarce within these few years.” He states 
that the eggs were sought after for the purpose of hatching 
under hens: “ Half a guinea is no unusual price for an 
egg, and ten to twelve guineas a pair for young birds.” 
Great ButcHeR Brrp: The GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 
GREAT CINEREOUS SHRIKE: The GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 
(Pennant.) 
GREAT Coot-FooTED TrincA: The GREY PHALAROPE. 
(Edwards.) 
GREAT CorBIE Crow: The RAVEN. Occurs in Bewick (1797). 
GREAT CRESTED GREBE [No. 336]. From its prominent 
size and its crest. Grebe is from Fr. grébe. Occurs in 
Willughby (1678) as “Greater Loon, Greater Crested or 
Copped or Horned Doucker.” Pennant (1766) calls it 
GREAT CRESTED GREBE. 
GREAT CuRLEW: The CURLEW. (Macgillivray.) So called 
in contradistinction from the WHIMBREL or “ Half- 
Curlew.” 
GREAT Diver: The GREAT CRESTED GREBE. (Cheshire.) 
GREAT DvucKER or GREATER DouckER: The GREAT 
NORTHERN DIVER. The former name occurs in 
Merrett and the latter in Montagu. Great Doucker appears 
still to be a local name for the species. 
GREAT EAGLE OwL: The EAGLE-OWL. (Macgillivray.) 
GREAT FEARED OwL: The EAGLE-OWL. (Pennant, Montagu, 
Bewick.) , 
Great Ecret: The GREAT WHITE HERON. (Gould.) 
GREATER BrRamMBLiInG: The SNOW-BUNTING. (Pennant.) 
GREATER ButcHER Birp: The GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 
Occurs in Willughby (1678). 
