140 DICTIONARY OF NAjVIES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Lapwing Sandpiper : The LAPWING. (Pennant.) 



Large-billed Guillemot: BRUNNICH'S GUILLEMOT. 



L-^GER Spotted Eagle. See SPOTTED EAGLE. 



Largest Willow Wren : The WOOD- WARBLER. 



Large White-winged Cull: The GLAUCOUS GULL. 

 (Yarrell.) 



Lark: The SKY-LARK. Occurs in Merrett (1667). In Turner 

 it is "Lerk." Lark is from A.Sax. Ldivcrct, Grerm. Lerchc, 

 Dan. Lcerke. 



Lark Bunting : The CORN-BUNTING. (Somerset.) 



Las air-choille. A Gaelic name for the GOLDFINCH. 

 (Macgillivray) lit. "flame of the wood." Fleming applies 

 it to the GREEN WOODPECKER. 



Laughing Bird : The GREEN WOODPECKER. (Shropshire.) 

 from its laughing note. 



Laughing Goose : The WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. (York- 

 shire, Cheshire.) It occurs in Edwards. 



Laughing Gull : The BLACK-HEADED GULL. (Montagu.) 

 Properly, however, the name for a distinct American species. 



Laverock, Lavrock, Lerruck, or Learock : The SKY-LARK. 

 An old English name foimd in Turner (1544.) From the 

 same root as Lark, i.e. A.Sax. Ldwcrce. The species is stiU 

 known in Scotland by one or other form of the name, and 

 Swainson also gives Learock for Lancashire, while Nelson 

 and Clarke give Laverock as i;sed at Sedbergh, Yorksliire. 



Lavy. a local name for the COMMON GUILLEMOT. It 

 occurs in Martin's " Voy. to St. Kilda," (Also spelt Lamy.) 



Leaan : The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER and the RED- 

 THROATED DIVER. (Yorksliire.) A Yorkshire dialect 

 rendering of Loon. 



LEACH'S FORK-TAILED PETREL [No. 320]. The name 

 Leach's Petrel occurs in Jenvns, and Fork-tailed Petrel in 

 Fleming and in Yarrell (1st ed.). Selby calls it the Fork- 

 tailed Storm Petrel. It was named in honour of Dr. I^ach, 

 who acquired the type-specimen at Bullock's sale. 



Leapy Wren. A provincial name for the AVREN. (Hett.) 



Learg. a Gaelic name in the Western Isles for the BLACK- 

 THROATED and RED-THROATED DIVERS. 



Least Butcher-bird : The BEARDED TITMOUSE. 

 (Edwards.) 



Least Snipe : The DU^NLIN. Montagu gives it as a provincial 

 name. 



