LINTYWHITE—LITTLE, 145 
LittLeE Dovexer: The LITTLE GREBE. (East Lothian.) 
LITTLE DUSKY SHEARWATER |[No. 324]. This Petrel is 
a rare straggler to us from the East Atlantic Islands, only 
six having been recorded in our islands. 
LITTLE EGRET [No. 263]. The name Little Egret appears 
to have been first used by Pennant in the Appendix to his 
‘“ British Zoology,” and is from the Fr. azgrette. Selby calls 
it Little Egret Heron. The tufts of long filiform feathers 
which spring from the middle and lower part of the bird’s 
back are called after the bird, and have long been esteemed 
among Eastern nations as an ornament for the turban or 
head-dress. Such an “egret ”’ was sent by the Sultan to 
Nelson after the Battle of the Nile, and was much valued 
by the recipient. 
LittLe Eren Birp: The WRYNECK. (Hampshire.) 
LirtLe FEtTYFARE: The REDWING. (East Lothian.) 
LirtLeE French Wooprrecker: The LESSER SPOTTED 
WOODPECKER. 
LitTLeE GALLINULE: The LITTLE CRAKE. (Montagu.) 
LirtLe Gopwit. A name for the young STONE-CURLEW. 
(Hett.) 
LITTLE GREBE [No. 340]. The name Little Grebe is found 
in Pennant (1766). Willughby and Ray call it “ Didappez,” 
and alse “‘ Dipper or Dobchick, or small Doucker, Loon, or 
Arsfoot.” 
LittLe GREY OwL: The LITTLE OWL. (Merrett.) 
Lirtie GuiiteMor. A name for the LITTLE AUK. (Hett.) 
LITTLE GULL [No. 426]. The name is found in Montagu 
(Orn. Dict.” Supp.), it being first described by him from 
nn example shot near Chelsea. 
Lirtte Hawk: The MERLIN. (Cleveland, Yorkshire.) 
LirtLe Heron: The LITTLE BITTERN. (Jenyns.) 
Lirtte Horyn-Owt: The SCOPS OWL. (Willughby.) 
Lirtte Macrre Diver. A name for the BUFFEL-HEADED 
DUCK. (Hett.) 
Littte Nack: The LITTLE AUK. (Northumberland.) Nack 
is a corruption of Auk. 
LittLE Nicht OwL: The LITTLE OWL. (Selby). 
LITTLE OWL [No. 222]. The name appears in Willughby 
(1678), also Pennant and all later writers. 
LittLte Peewir: The TWITE. (North Yorkshire.) From its 
call-note. 
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