GREY PATE. 



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GREY-HEADED DUCK.— A name for the King Duck. 



GREY KATE. — A name for the young- Goldfinch. 



GREY LAG GOOSE. — A name for the common Goose. 



GREY LAPWING {Vanellus melanogaster, Bechstein.) 



Tringa squaturola, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 682. 23 Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 729. 11.— 



Pluvialis cinerea, Rail, Syn. p. 3. A. 3.— Vanellus griseus, Briss. 5. p. 100. 

 2. — Vanellus melanogaster, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. p. 356. — Squaturola cinerea, 

 Cuv. Reg. Anim. — Vanneau pluvier, Buff. Ois. 8. p. 68. — Grey Plover, Will. 

 (Angl.) p. 309. t. 57.— Albin, 1. t. 76.— Swiss Sandpiper, Lath. Syn. 5. p. 167. 

 —Grey Sandpiper, Br. Zool. 2. No. 191.— Ib. fol. 122.— Arct. Zool. 2. No. 

 393.— Lath. Syn. 5. p. 168. 11.— Supp. p. 248.— Lewin's Br. Birds, 5. t. 169. 

 — Wale. Syn. 2. t. 146— Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 15.-— Flem. Br. Anim. p. 111. 



This species rather exceeds the golden plover in size ; the weight 

 about seven ounces ; length twelve inches. Bill black, one inch and a 

 quarter in length ; irides dusky ; the upper part of the head, the neck, 

 back, scapulars, and wing coverts, dusky ; the feathers more or less 

 margined and tipped with ash-colour, least so on the head and neck ; 

 and on the coverts the grey predominates, and is almost of a white ; the 

 cheeks and throat white, with a few dusky lines ; belly and under tail 

 coverts white ; quill-feathers black ; the inner webs more or less white, 

 as well as the shafts ; from the fifth some white begins to appear on 

 the outer web down the shaft, which increases in the next, and from 

 the seventh to the tenth the whole of the outer web is white, except 

 at the point ; the tail is white, elegantly barred with black ; on the 

 middle feathers are six or seven ; the inner webs of the lateral ones 

 barred only near the end ; the outermost has only one faint bar at the 

 tip ; legs dusky ; back toe extremely small ; the claw almost adhering 

 to the leg ; the under "scapulars, or those long feathers underneath the 

 wing at the base, in the several specimens we have examined, were 

 black ; and the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with black. 



A variety is said to have the forehead, throat, and rump, white ; and 

 the upper tail coverts white, edged with grey and pale yellow. 



The Grey Lapwing does not appear to be a plentiful species in 

 England. We have bought it in the market at Bristol, and have re- 

 ceived it from our friend; Mr. Boys of Sandwich, killed on that coast. 

 It is not found here in the summer months, and of course retires north- 

 ward to breed ; frequents the sea-shores only, and seldom more than 

 six or seven are seen in a flock. Said to be found in Siberia and Caro- 

 lina in large flocks. It probably breeds in Scotland, as in the high 

 grounds of the Mearns. 



GREY LINNET.— A name for the Linnet. 

 GREY OWL.— A name for the Tawny Owl. 



GREY PATE.— The young of the Goldfinch ; so called by the 

 bird-catchers before the crimson on the head appears. 



