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Little Doucker : The LITTLE GREBE. (East Lothian.) 

 LITTLE DUSKY SHEARWATER [No. 324]. This Petrel is 

 a rare straggler to us from the East Atlantic Islands, only- 

 six liaN-ing been recorded in our islands. 

 LITTLE EGRET [No. 263]. The name Little Egret appears 

 to have been first used by Pennant in the A]3pendix to his 

 " British Zoolog^^" and is from the Fr. aigrette. Selby calls 

 it Little Egret Heron. The tufts of long filiform feathers 

 which spring from the middle and loA\er part of the bird's 

 back are called after the bird, and have long been esteemed 

 among Eastern nations as an ornament for the turban or 

 head-dress. Such an " egret " Avas sent by the Sultan to 

 Nelson after the Battle of the Nile, and was much valued 

 by the recipient. 

 Little Eten Bird : The WRYNECK. (Hampshire.) 

 Little Feltyfare : The REDWING. (East Lothian.) 

 Little French Woodpecker: The LESSER SPOTTED 



WOODPECKER. 

 Little Gallixule : The LITTLE CRAKE. (Montagu.) 

 Little Godwit. A name for the young STONE-CURLEW. 



(Hett.) 

 LITTLE GREBE [No. 340]. The name Little Grebe is found 

 in Pennant (1766). Willughby and Ray call it " Didappei,"'' 

 and also " Dipper or Dobchick, or small Doucker, Loon, or 

 Arsfoot." 

 Little Grey Owl : The LITTLE OWL. (Merrett.) 

 Little Guillemot. A name for the LITTLE AUK. (Hett.) 

 LITTLE GULL [No. 426]. The name is foimd in Montagu 

 (" Om. Diet." Supp.), it being first described by him from 

 nn example shot near Chelsea. 

 Little Haw^k : The MERLIN. (Cleveland, Yorkshire.) 

 Little Heron : The LITTLE BITTERN. ( Jenyns.) 

 Little Horn-Owl : The SCOPS OWL. (Willughby.) 

 Little Magpie Diver. A name for the BUFFEL-HEADED 



DUCK. (Hett.) 

 Little Nack : The LITTLE AUK. (Northumberland.) Nack 



is a corruption of Aul^;. 

 Little Night Owl : The LITTLE OWL. (Selby). 

 LITTLE 0\^^ [No. 222]. The name appears in Willughby 



(1678), also Pennant and all later writers. 

 Little Peewit : The TWITE. (North Yorkshire.) From its 

 call-note. 



