Ii6 TJie Irish Naturalist. July, \ 



Goatsucker. (See Nightjar). | 



God WIT {ghU-n9ch). * ! 

 ? stJilne^C (6). 



Two kinds of Godwit visit Ireland, but it is doubtful 



whether an Irish name exists. O'Reilly translates 5uilnex.\c \ 

 by Curlew, a bird which somewhat resembles a Godwit. 



I suggest that this word might have been used for the latter j 



bird, because roid-guilbneach seems to have been used in 1 



Scotch Gaelic for Godwit. | 



Gold-crested Wren. (See Wren). i 



Goldfinch (Mn-jen or), ] 



cinnin 6i|a (1), "oe-AjigAn pi^oit (6), PLxifxMfv coiLle (6). ] 



The last word is identified by O'Reilly as the Goldfinch i 



or Woodpecker, but these two birds are so entirely different I 



from one another that this word may originally have been ; 



applied to quite another species. (Compare Wren). i 



Goosander {sMl-tkhe). \ 



fiolcAi6e (6). \ 



As the Goosander is rather a rare visitor to Ireland, it j 



is significant that a name should exist in Irish corresponding j 



with a similar Scotch one. i 



Goose {gjae). \ 



Se-o (6), scA-o (6), (6), ^An\\A (6) (gander) ; 5^\ntTO^l (11), : 



(gander), gu^ii^n (6) (gosling), c]\A\n (lO) (applied to the | 

 female of many animals). 



Wild Goose. — 56*0 pAt)Ain (1). Barnacle Goose. — cA'bxMi 



(1), c^\t^n (6). Brent-goose. — ? 56^*6 -ontD (6). This is ; 



rendered by O'Reilly as some kind of goose. - Consider- i 



ing that the Brent Goose is one of our commonest and \ 



also a very darkly coloured species, the above term I 



meaning " Black Goose," was probably applied to this .| 

 bird. 



White-fronted Goose. — ? ^e^t) t)eAj; ponn (6). O'Reilly 

 translates this Vvord by Barnacle. It seems to me, 



however, that this is probably a mistaken interpreta^ ; 



tion of the word. The White-fronted Goose which is the ' 



