108 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
GREAT SNIPE [No. 408]. The name first appears in Pennant 
(1778). 
GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO [No. 215]. The name is found 
in Edwards (“‘ Gleanings,” pl. 5). It was added to the 
British List by Yarrell in 1845 (Supp. ‘“ Brit. Birds ”’). 
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER [No. 211, British Great 
Spotted Woodpecker; No. 210, Northern Great Spotted 
Woodpecker]. The name occurs first as Greater Spotted 
Woodpecker in Willughby (1678) and is also found 
in Pennant and _ succeeding authors. Yarrell and 
others call it Great Spotted Woodpecker. MHartert 
has separated the British | resident-form from the 
North European form which visits our east coast in autumn. 
GREAT SwaLLow: The SWIFT. (Turner.) 
Great TERN: The COMMON TERN. 
Great Tir: See GREAT TITMOUSE. 
GREAT TITMOUSE [No. 88, British Great Titmouse ; No. 87, 
Continental Great Titmouse]. The name, which arises 
from its being the largest of the British species, 
first occurs in Turner (1544), also in Merrett’s list 
and in Willughby. The British resident-form has been 
separated from the Continental form, which visits our 
coasts on migration. The “saw-sharpening ” note of this 
bird is said to foretell rain. 
Great Whaup: The CURLEW. (Orkney.) 
Great WuitE Ecret: The GREAT WHITE HERON. 
GREAT WHITE HERON [No. 262]. This is a southern species 
which has never been more than a very rare straggler, at 
long intervals, to our islands. The name as Great White 
Heron first occurs in Willughby (1678). 
Great WuHitE OwL: The SNOWY-OWL. (Edwards.) 
GREEDY GLEAD or GLED: The KITE. (Provincial.) 
Green-backed Gallinule. Examples, probably escaped from cap- 
tivity, of this species have been taken in our islands. 
GREEN-BILLED GuLL. A provincial name for the COMMON 
GULL. 
GREEN Birp or GREEN CHUB: The GREENFINCH. (Pro- 
vincial.) 
GREEN CorMoRANT: The SHAG. (Ireland.) From the dark 
green of its plumage. 
GREENEY: The GREENFINCH. (Cumberland, Forfar.) 
