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Holmes's '■ Academy of Amioiy " (1688) as deriving the word 

 " Lever " from Lepelaer, Leplar, and Lefler (or Lofflar) of 

 Low ^nd High Dutch, which ai'e all names of the Spoonbill. 

 The first-mentioned name occurs in Albin, 1738, as Leplaer, 

 Low Dutch for the Spoonbill. According to Baines's ' ' Hist, 

 of Lancaster " the oldest known form of the name Liverpool 

 (temp. Hen. II) is " Lirpul " or " Litherpul." 



LLELA.N. A Welsh name for the BLUE TITiNlOUSE ; lit. 

 " Nun." 



Lleian gynffon hir: The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 

 (North Wales) lit. "long-tailed mm." 



Lleian wen : The SMEW. (North Wales) lit. " white nun." 



Llinos : The LINNET. (North Wales) lit. " Linnet." 



Llinos bexgoch leif. a Welsh name for the LESSER RED- 

 POLL ; lit. " lesser red-headed Linnet." 



Llinos felex. A Welsh name for the YELLOW BUNTING ; 

 lit. " yellow linnet." 



Llinos y mynydd. A Welsh name for the TWITE ; lit. 

 " movmtain linnet." 



Llosteitddyx : The REDSTART. (North Wales) lit. " red- 

 tail." 



Llursen or Llurs : The RAZORBILL. (North Wales) lit. 

 "razorbill." 



Llwydfron: The WHITETHROAT. (North Wales) lit. 

 " pale breast." 



Llwydfron fach : The LESSER ^^^IITETHROAT. (North 

 Wales) lit. " little pale breast." 



Llwyd y gwrych, Llwyd y berth, Llwyd bach. Welsh 

 names for the HEDGE-SPARROW : the first two signify 

 " grey (bird) of the hedge," and the third " little grey 

 (bird)." 



Llwyd yr hesg, Llwyd y gors : The SEDGE- WARBLER. 

 (North Wales). First is "grey (bird) of the hedge," and 

 second " grey (bird) of the marsh." 



Llwyd y tywod. A Welsh name for the SANDERLING ; lit. 

 " grey (bird) of the sand." 



LoERENG I The adult CORMORANT. (Shetlands.) 



LoN DUBH : The Gaelic name for the BLACKBIRD. 



LoNGBiLL : The WOODCOCK. (Provincial.) From the length 

 of the bill. 



Long-billed Chough : The CHOUGH. 



Long-billed Goose : The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. (York- 

 shire.) 



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