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LONGWHSTG or LoNGWiNGS : The SWIFT. (Cheshire, Yorkshire.) 



LoN msGE. A Gaelic name for the DIPPER : lit. " water 

 blackbird." 



Loom. An equivalent of Loon. 



Loon : The Divers and Grebes (various species). From Icel. 

 Lumr. The name is applied in Shetland and South Ireland 

 to the RED-THROATED DIVER. Willughby and Ray 

 call the LITTLE GREBE the "Small Loon," their 

 " Greatest Speckled Loon " being the GREAT NORTHERN 

 DIVER. Loom and Lumme are equivalents ; the former 

 is applied to BRUNNICH'S GUILLEMOT. Probably 

 signifjnng one A\'ho is clumsy, and perhaps connected with 

 lame. (Skeat.) 



LouGH Diver : The SMEW. (Willughby.) As a provincial 

 name it seems to belong to the immature male. 



LucHD FAiRGE. A Gaelic name for the STORM-PETREL 

 (Western Isles) lit. " sea mouse." 



LuLEAN Finch. A name for the BRAMBLING. (Hett.) 



LuMME : The BLACK-THROATED DIVER. Occurs in 

 Willughby (see Loon.) 



LuNDA : The PUFFIN. From Scand. Ltinde. Newton con- 

 sidered that Lundy Island, a resort of Puffins, derived its 

 name from this species. 



Lyke foule : The EAGLE-OWL. (Turner.) Printed " alyke 

 foule " (?) " a lyke foule." Pliny says it is a fatal bird, of 

 evil omen beyond other sorts, especially at public auguries. 



Lymptwigg : The LAPWING (Exmoor.) An equivalent of 

 " Lap-vdng." From A.Sax. hledpe-wmce. 



Lyon : The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. (Holy Island.) 

 Also applied to other species. 



Lyrie: The MANX shearwater. (Shetlands and Orkneys.) 

 Lyric is the usual name on the west coast of Shetland. 

 Mr. Robert Godfrey tells me that in Fethaland " to gan 

 as licht's a lyrie " (i.e. to be as easy in one's motion as a 

 Shearwater) is a proverbial saying. Also spelt Lyi'e. 



Lyseoule : The EAGLE-0\ATL,. (Aldrovandus.) See also 

 " Lyke foule." 



Maa or Mar : The COMMON GULL. (Kirkcudbright.) From 

 A.Sax. Mcew. Icel. Mar, a gull; originally from the bird's 

 cry. 



Maalin. a corruption of MERLIN. (Shetlands.) According 

 to Saxbv the name is also applied in the Shetlands to the 

 KESTREL and the SPARROW-HAWK. 



