144 DICTION AEY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



LiNTYWHiTE. According to Swainson the WOOD- WARBLER 

 is so called " from the pure white of the under parts of the 

 body." Hett gives the name to the CHIFFCHAFF. 



LiPWiNGi.E : The LAPWING. (Bedfordshire.) An equivalent 

 of LAPWING, the derivation being the same, viz. A.Sax. 

 hleclpwince. 



LITTLE AUK [No. 448]. The name Little Auk is first found 

 in Pennant (1766). Willughby calls it the "Small black- 

 and-white Diver." 



Little BnxY Bluecap : The BLUE TITMOUSE. (West 

 Yorkshire.) 



LITTLE BITTERN [No. 267]. This tiny species has been known 

 for about a century and a quarter as a casual summer- 

 visitor. The name is foimd in Pennant as Little Bittern 

 Heron. Latham (" Syn.," v, p. 66) has Little Bittern. It 

 is the Little Heron of JenjTis and the Little Brown Bittern 

 of Edwards (?). 



Little Black- and -White Diver : The LITTLE AUK. 



Little Black-and-White Woodpecker: The LESSER 

 SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 



Little Blackcap: The COAL-TITMOUSE. (Yorkshire.) 



Little Black-headed Tomtit: The MARSH-TITMOUSE. 

 (Montagu.) 



Little Blue Hawk : The MERLIN. (Yorkshire.) 



Little Blue Rock : The STOCK-DOVE. (Notts.) 



Little-bread-and-no-cheese : The YELLOW BUNTING. 

 (Devonshire.) Imitative of its song, also rendered " little- 

 bit-of -bread-and -no -cheese. " 



LiTTi.E Brown-and-white Duck : The female HARLEQUIN- 

 DUCK. (Edwards.) 



LITTLE BUNTING [No. 52]. This irregular visitor is so called 

 from its diminutive size in comparison -with other species. 



LITTLE BUSTARD [No. 451]. The name refers to its 

 inferiority in size to the GREAT BUSTARD. It is first 

 found in Edwards (pi. 251), and is used by succeeding Avriters 

 from Pennant to Montagu and onwards. It is the " Field 

 Duck " of Albin. 



LITTLE CRAKE [No. 457]. The name occurs in Selby 

 (183.3). It is the Little Gallinule and Olivaceous Gallinule 

 of Montagu and others. 



Little Darr : The LITTLE TERN. (Norfolk.) 



Little Diver : The LITTLE GREBE. (Cheshire.) 



