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Least SporreD WooprreckerR: The LESSER SPOTTED 
WOODPECKER. 
Lzeast Titmouse : The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (Merrett.) 
Least WrLtow-Wren: The CHIFFCHAFF. (Tunstall, 
Bewick.) 
Lec Brrp. A provincial name for the SEDGE-WARBLER. 
(Swainson.) 
Lemon Brrp: The LINNET. (West Yorkshire.) 
Lennert. A North Country name for the LINNET. 
Less—ER ASH-COLOURED Heron: The NIGHT-HERON. 
(Willughby.) 
Lesser Biack-Back: The LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. 
(Yorkshire.) 
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL [No. 433]. The name refers 
to its smaller size than the GREAT BLACK-BACKED 
GULL. It first occurs in Montagu (1802) as Less Black- 
backed Gull. It is the Silvery Gull of Pennant’s ‘‘ Arctic 
Zoology.” 
LisseR BraMBLING: The SNOW-BUNTING (?). Found in 
Pennant (1766). 
Lesser Bustarp: The LITTLE BUSTARD. 
LEssER BUTCHER-BIRD: The RED-BACKED SHRIKE. Occurs 
in Willughby (1678). 
LessER Cop: The LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. (Pro- 
vincial.) 
LEssER CRESTED GREBE: The BLACK-NECKED GREBE. 
(Pennant.) 
LessER CRESTED Lark: The TREE-PIPIT. (Willughby, 
Pennant, etc.) 
LesseER Dun Diver: The RED-BRESTED MERGANSER. 
(Pennant.) 
LessER FauveTteE: The GARDEN-WARBLER. — (Bewick, 
1797.) 
Lesser Gopwit: The BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. (Pennant.) 
LESSER GREY SHRIKE [No. 106]. The name is found in 
Pennant’s “ Arctic Zoology’ and in Latham’s “ Synopsis.” 
LessER GurtteMot: The COMMON GUILLEMOT. It was 
considered a separate species by Pennant. 
LessER ImperR: The BLACK-THROATED DIVER. (Pro- 
vincial.) 
LESSER KESTREL [No. 238]. A close ally of the KESTREL 
but smaller in size, hence the name. 
