144 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Lintywuitr. According to Swainson the WOOD-WARBLER 
is so called “from the pure white of the under parts of the 
body.” Hett gives the name to the CHIFFCHAFF. 
Lipwincre: The LAPWING. (Bedfordshire.) An equivalent 
of LAPWING, the derivation being the same, viz. A.Sax. 
hleapwince. 
LITTLE AUK [No. 448]. The name Little Auk is first found 
in Pennant (1766). Willughby calls it the “ Small black- 
and-white Diver.” 
Littte Briy Biurcap: The BLUE TITMOUSE. (West 
Yorkshire.) 
LITTLE BITTERN [No. 267]. This tiny species has been known 
for about a century and a quarter as a casual summer- 
visitor. The name is found in Pennant as Little Bittern 
Heron. Latham (‘‘Syn.,” v, p. 66) has Little Bittern. It 
is the Little Heron of Jenyns and the Little Brown Bittern 
of Edwards (?). 
LirrLeE Buack-aND-WnaiTE Diver: The LITTLE AUK. 
Lirtte Briack-AND-WHITE WoopPECKER: The LESSER 
SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
Lirrte Buackcap: The COAL-TITMOUSE. (Yorkshire.) 
Little BuacK-HEADED Tomtit: The MARSH-TITMOUSE. 
(Montagu.) 
LirtLe Brur Hawk: The MERLIN. (Yorkshire.) 
LirtLe BLuuE Rock: The STOCK-DOVE. (Notts.) 
LITTLE-BREAD-AND-NO-CHEESE: The YELLOW BUNTING. 
(Devonshire.) Imitative of its song, also rendered “ little- 
bit-of-bread-and-no-cheese.”’ 
LittLE BROWN-AND-WHITE Duck: The female HARLEQUIN- 
DUCK. (Edwards.) 
LITTLE BUNTING [No. 52]. This irregular visitor is so called 
from its diminutive size in comparison with other species. 
LITTLE BUSTARD [No. 451]. The name refers to its 
inferiority in size to the GREAT BUSTARD. It is first 
found in Edwards (pl. 251), and is used by succeeding writers 
from Pennant to Montagu and onwards. It is the “ Field 
Duck” of Albin. 
LITTLE CRAKE [No. 457]. The name occurs in Selby 
(1833). It is the Little Gallinule and Olivaceous Gallinule 
of Montagu and others. 
LirtLE Darr: The LITTLE TERN. (Norfolk.) 
LirtLe Diver: The LITTLE GREBE. (Cheshire.) 
