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Lonewrne or Lonewines: The SWIFT. (Cheshire, Yorkshire.) 
Lon visce. A Gaelic name for the DIPPER: lit. “water 
blackbird.” 
Loom. An equivalent of Loon. 
Loon: The Divers and Grebes (various species). From Icel. 
Lémr. The name is applied in Shetland and South Ireland 
to the RED-THROATED DIVER. Willughby and Ray 
call the LITTLE GREBE the “Small Loon,” their 
‘“ Greatest Speckled Loon ” being the GREAT NORTHERN 
DIVER. Loom and Lumme are equivalents ; the former 
is applied to BRUNNICH’S GUILLEMOT. Probably 
signifying one who is clumsy, and perhaps connected with 
lame. (Skeat.) 
LoucH Diver: The SMEW. (Willughby.) As a provincial 
name it seems to belong to the immature male. 
Lucup Farce. A Gaelic name for the STORM-PETREL 
(Western Isles) lit. ‘‘ sea mouse.” 
LuLEAN Fincu. A name for the BRAMBLING. (Hett.) 
LummMEe: The BLACK-THROATED DIVER. Occurs in 
Willughby (see Loon.) 
Lunpa: The PUFFIN. From Scand. Lunde. Newton con- 
sidered that Lundy Island, a resort of Puffins, derived its 
name from this species. 
LYKE FOULE: The EAGLE-OWL. (Turner.) Printed “alyke 
foule ” (?) “a lyke foule.”” Pliny says it is a fatal bird, of 
evil omen beyond other sorts, especially at public auguries. 
Lymetwicc: The LAPWING (Exmoor.) An equivalent of 
“ Lapwing.” From A.Sax. hledpe-wince. 
Lyon: The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. (Holy Island.) 
Also applied to other species. 
Lyriz: The MANX SHEARWATER. (Shetlands and Orkneys.) 
Lyrie is the usual name on the west coast of Shetland. 
Mr. Robert Godfrey tells me that in Fethaland “to gan 
as licht’s a lyrie”’ (i.e. to be as easy in one’s motion as a 
Shearwater) is a proverbial saying. Also spelt Lyre. 
LysEouLE: The EAGLE-OWL. (Aldrovandus.) See also 
‘“‘ Lyke foule.” 
Maa or Mar: The COMMON GULL. (Kirkcudbright.) From 
A.Sax. Mew, Icel. Mar, a gull; originally from the bird’s 
cry. 
Maatry. A corruption of MERLIN. (Shetlands.) According 
to Saxby the name is also applied in the Shetlands to the 
KESTREL and the SPARROW-HAWK. 
