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GREENFINCH [No. 17]. Thename originatesin the general 
green colour of its plumage. It occurs in Turner (1544) as 
‘*Grene finche,” and in Merrett and Willughby as “ Green- 
finch.” 
GREEN-FOOTED GALLINULE or WareR-Hen. Macgillivray’s 
name for the MOORHEN. 
GREEN GROSBEAK: The GREENFINCH. (Tunstall, Bewick.) 
GREEN-HEADED Bunting: The ORTOLAN BUNTING. Occurs 
under this name in Latham and in Brown’s “ New [Illus- 
trations of Zoology.” Montagu thought it a variety of 
the YELLO ER. 
GREEN-HEADED Diver: The SCAUP-DUCK. (Belfast.) From 
the rich green gloss on the black feathers of the head. 
GREEN-HEADED GOOSANDER: The GOOSANDER. (Fleming.) 
GREEN-HEADED QUAKETAIL. Macgillivray’s name for the 
YELLOW WAGTAIL (see Blue-headed Quaketail). 
Green Heron. A North American species said to have occurred 
once in Cornwall. 
GREEN Isis: The GLOSSY IBIS. 
GREENICK, GREEN LENNART. Northumbrian names for the 
GREENFINCH. 
GREENISH WARBLER [No. 124]. An East European species 
which winters in India, where it was first described by 
Blyth as long ago as 1843. 
GREENLAND DovE: The BLACK GUILLEMOT. Albin says 
the name is on account of its laying two eggs. 
GREENLAND FALCON [No. 232]. The white form of the 
GYR-FALCON inhabiting Greenland. 
GREENLAND REDPOLL [No. 22]. A close ally of the 
MEALY REDPOLL, which has its summer-quarters in 
Greenland. 
GREENLAND TURTLE: The BLACK GUILLEMOT. 
GREENLAND WHEATEAR. See WHEATEAR. 
GREEN-LEGGED Horseman: The GREENSHANK. (Albin, 
Bewick.) 
GREEN-LEGGED LonesHANK: The GREENSHANK. (Macgil- 
livray.) 
GREEN LinnET: The GREENFINCH. (Provincial.) Greeny 
is also used in parts of Yorkshire. 
GREEN OtF: The GREENFINCH. (Norfolk.) Also met with 
as Green Ulf. 
GREEN PEEK: The GREEN WOODPECKER. (Lincoln.) 
