140 ' DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Lapwine SANDPIPER: The LAPWING. (Pennant.) 
LARGE-BILLED GUILLEMOT: BRUNNICH’S GUILLEMOT. 
Larcer Seorrep Eacir. See SPOTTED EAGLE. 
Largest Wittow Wren: The WOOD-WARBLER. 
LARGE WHITE-WINGED GuLL: The GLAUCOUS GULL. 
(Yarrell.) 
Lark: The SKY-LARK. Occurs in Merrett (1667). In Turner 
it is “Lerk.” Lark is from A.Sax. Lawerce, Germ. Lerche, 
Dan. Lerke. 
Lark Buntinc: The CORN-BUNTING. (Somerset.) 
Las atR-cHomLe. A Gaelic name for the GOLDFINCH. 
(Macgillivray) lit. ‘flame of the wood.” Fleming applies 
it to the GREEN WOODPECKER. 
LAUGHING Birp : The GREEN WOODPECKER. (Shropshire.) 
from its laughing note. 
Lavucnine Goos—E: The WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. (York- 
shire, Cheshire.) It occurs in Edwards. 
LAvuGHING GuLL: The BLACK-HEADED GULL. (Montagu.) 
Properly, however, the name for a distinct American species. 
LAvVEROCK, LAvRocK, LERRucK, or Learock : The SKY-LARK. 
An old English name found in Turner (1544.) From the 
same root as Lark, i.e. A.\Sax. Lawerce. The species is still 
known in Scotland by one or other form of the name, and 
Swainson also gives Learock for Lancashire, while Nelson 
and Clarke give Laverock as used at Sedbergh, Yorkshire. 
Lavy. <A local name for the COMMON GUILLEMOT. It 
occurs in Martin’s “‘ Voy. to St. Kilda.” (Also spelt Lamy.) 
LEAAN: The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER and the RED- 
THROATED DIVER. (Yorkshire.) A Yorkshire dialect 
rendering of Loon. 
LEACH’S FORK-TAILED PETREL [No. 320]. The name 
Leach’s Petrel occurs in Jenyns, and Fork-tailed Petrel in 
Fleming and in Yarrell (Ist ed.). Selby calls it the Fork- 
tailed Storm Petrel. It was named in honour of Dr. Leach, 
who acquired the type-specimen at Bullock’s sale. 
Leary Wren. A provincial name for the WREN. (Hett.) 
Leara. A Gaelic name in the Western Isles for the BLACK- 
THROATED and RED-THROATED DIVERS. 
Least BurcHER-BIRD: The BEARDED’ TITMOUSE. 
(Edwards.) 
Least Snipe: The DUNLIN. Montagu gives it as a provincial 
name. 
