LAPWING — LESSER. 141 



Least Spotted Woodpecker: The LESSER SPOTTED 

 WOODPECKER. 



Least Titmouse : The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (Merrett.) 



Least Wnxow-WREN : The CHIFFCHAFF. (Tunstall, 

 Bemck.) 



Leg Bird. A provincial name for the SEDGE- WARBLER. 

 (Swainson.) 



Lemon Bird : The LINNET. (West Yorkshire.) 



Lennert. a North Country name for the LINNET. 



Lesser Ash-coloured Heron : The NIGHT-HERON. 

 (Willughby.) 



Lesser Black-back: The LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. 

 (Yorkshire.) 



LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL [No. 433]. The name refers 

 to its smaller size than the GREAT BLACK-BACKED 

 GULL. It first occurs in Montagu (1802) as Less Black- 

 backed Gull. It is the Silvery Gull of Pennant's "Arctic 

 Zoolog\^" 



Lesser BRAivrBLiNG : The SNOW-BUNTING (?). Foimd in 

 Pennant (1766). 



Lesser Bustard: The LITTLE BUSTARD. 



Lesser Butcher-bird: The RED-BACKED SHRIKE. Occurs 

 in Willughby (1678). 



Lesser Cob : The LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. (Pro- 

 vincial.) 



Lesser Crested Grebe : The BLACK-NECKED GREBE. 

 (Pennant.) 



Lesser Crested Lark : The TREE-PIPIT. (Willughby, 

 Pennant, etc.) 



Lesser Dun Diver : The RED-BRESTED MERGANSER. 



(Pennant.) 

 Lesser Fauvette : The GARDEN- WARBLER. (Bewick 



1797.) 

 Lesser God wit : The BLACK-TAILED GOD WIT. (Pennant.) 

 LESSER GREY SHRIKE [No. 106]. The name is found in 



Pennant's "Arctic Zoology" and in Latham's "Synopsis." 

 Lesser Guillemot: The COMMON GUILLEMOT. It was 



considered a separate species by Pennant. 

 Lesser Imber : The BLACK-THROATED DIVER. (Pro- 



\incial.) 



LESSER KESTREL [No. 238]. A close ally of the KESTREL 

 but smaller in size, hence the name. 



