148 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



LONG-EARED OWL [No. 224]. The name first occurs in 

 Pennant (1766). It is the " Hornoul " of Turner and the 

 " Horn-Owl " of Willughby and Ray, while Fleming as 

 late as 1842 calls it " Long Horn Owl" 



LoNG-HoRNED Ullat : The LONG-EARED OWL. (York- 

 shire.) " Ullat "=Howlet. 



Long Horn Owl: The LONG-EARED OWL. (Fleming.) 



LoNGiE : The COMMON GUILLEMOT. (Shetlands.) 



LoNGiE Crane : The HERON. (Pembroke.) 



Long-legged Plover: The former name for the BLACK- 

 WINGED STILT (q.v.). 



Long-legs. A provincial name for the BLACK-WINGED 

 STILT. (Montagu.) Bewick also gives Longshanks. 



Long-neb (= Long-bill) : The COMMON SNIPE. (Yorkshire.) 



Long-neck: The LITTLE BITTERN (Montagu); the 

 PINTAIL (Holy Island); the HERON (Sedbergh, 

 Yorkshire.) 



Long-necked Heron : The HERON. (Ireland.) 



LoNGNix (Long-neck ?) : The HERON. (Chesliire.) 



Longshanks. A name for the BLACK-WINGED STILT. 

 (Hett.) 



Long -TAILED Capon: The LONG -TAILED TITMOUSE. 

 (Hampshire, Norfolk.) 



LONG-TAILED DUCK [No. 304]. The name first occurs in 

 Edwards, and is used by almost all succeeding authors. 

 Selby, however, calls it Long-tailed Hareld. It is the 

 " Sharp-tailed Duck " and also " Swallow-tailed Sheldrake " 

 of Willughby and Ray. 



Long-tailed Hareld. See LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



Long-tailed Labbe : The ARCTIC SKUA. (Beudck.) 



Long-tailed Mag, Longtailed Mufflin, Long-tailed Pie, 

 Long-tailed Creeper, Long-tailed Chittering, Long 

 Pod. Long Tom. Provincial names for the LONG-TAILED 

 TITMOUSE. 



Long-tailed Mag or Long -tailed Sheldrake : The LONG- 

 TAILED DUCK. 



LONG-TAILED SKUA [No. 442]. Often called BufEon's Skua, 



LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE [No. 101. British Long-tailed 

 Titmouse]. The name first occurs in Merrett's list 

 (1667) ; also in Willughby. The resident British form 

 was first distinguished as long ago as 1836 by Blyth. 



Long tongue : The WRYNECK. (Provincial.) From its 

 long projectile "tongue. 



