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 : Tfce LONG-EARED OWL. (York- 

 shire.) "Ullat'WHowlet. 



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. (Cheshire.) 



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. (Bewick.) 



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 Buffon'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. 



