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to the other. Mr. Pennant says it will carry its young upon its back, 
or under its wing, when they are tired, and feeds them with small eels. 
In the winter these birds visit our coasts and large rivers, especially 
in hard weather, when the standing waters are frozen. 
GENTIL FALCON. — The young of the Goss Hawk. 
GIDD. — A name for the Jack Snipe. 
GILLIHOWTER. — A name for the Barn Owl. 
GIZZARD. — *The name given to the strong, muscular, and carti- 
laginous portion of the stomach in birds which feed on grain, which is 
so different from the membranaceous stomach of birds of prey, (Rap- 
to7^es.^ The gizzard receives the food which has previously been taken 
into the crop.* 
GLAREOLA (Brisson.) — * Pratincole; a genus thus characterised. 
Bill short, hard, convex, curved for upwards of half its length, and 
compressed towards the point ; nostrils, at the sides of the base, oblong 
and obliquely cleft ; legs feathered nearly to the knee ; toes three before 
and one behind ; the outer united to the middle one by a short mem- 
brane ; claws long, and drawn to a fine point ; wings very large ; the 
first quill feather the longest in each wing ; tail more or less forked.* 
GLAUCOUS GULL (Larus giaucus, Brunnich.) 
*Fahric. Faun. Groenl. p. 100. — Brunn. Orn. Bor. p. 148. — Temm. Man. d’Orn. 
2. p. 757 .. — Sabine, Linn. Trans. 12. p. 543. — Scoresby, Arct. Beg. 1. p. 535. 
— Burgomaster, Fiem. Br. Anim. p. 139. — Burgermeister, Martens, Spitz, p. 60. 
T. L. F. D. — Buff. Ois. 8. 448. — Glaucous Gull, Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. p. 532. 
This is the largest species of Gull known. The back, wing coverts, 
and scapulars, of a bluish ash-colour ; feet livid ; length of the shank 
nearly three inches ; length of the body thirty inches ; expansion of the 
wings, sixty-three inches ; the quills terminated by a large white space. 
In winter the neck is mottled with brown. The female is less in size. 
It inhabits the most northern regions, and is said to be common in 
Russia. It was observed by Edmonston as a winter visitant in Zet- 
land. Lives upon fish, the excrements of whales, and young pen- 
guins. It nestles on rocks. Its eggs are greenish, elongated, and 
marked with six or eight black blotches.* 
GLEAD. — A name for the Kite. 
GLOSSY IBIS. — A name for the Ibis. 
GOAT OWL. — A name for the Nightjar. 
GOAT SUCKER. — An absurd name for the Nightjar. 
GODWIT (Limosa melanura^ Leisler.) 
* Scolopax zegocephala, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 246. 16. — Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 667. — Ind. 
Orn. 2. p. 719. 16. — Scolopax limosa, Linn. Syst. p. 244. No. 13. — iLgoce- 
phalus Bellonii, Raii, Syn. p. 105. A. 4. — Will. p. 215. — Ib. (Angl.) p. 294. 
— Fedea nostra secunda, Raii, Syn. p. 105. — Limosa rufa major, Briss. 5. p. 
