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that this most perfect state of plumage disappears in the autumnal 

 moulting-, and the bird re-appears in that which characterised it as the 

 Red-legged Gull. These mutations take place every summer and winter, 

 and in the former all have the black head, and in the latter season none.* 



LAKY. — A name for the Willock. 



LAVROCK.— A name for the Skylark. 



LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.— A name for the Herring 

 Gull. 



LESSER BUTCHER BIRD.— A name for the Bearded Tit. 



LESSER CRESTED LARK.— A name for the Wood Lark. 



LESSER GUILLEMOT.— The female and young of the Willock. 



LESSER IMBER DIVER.— Described by Bewick as a new species 

 of Diver. To us it appears to be the young- or female Loon. 



LESSER PETTYCHAPS.— An inappropriate name for the Chiff- 

 chaff. 



LESSER REDPOLE.— Names for the Redpole and the Rose 

 Linnet. 



LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER.— A name for the Crank 

 Bird. 



LESSER TERN.— A name for the Richel Bird. 

 LESSER WATER SPARROW.— A name for the Sedge Bird. 

 LESSER WHITE HERON.— The young- of the Little Egret. 

 LESSER WHITETHROAT.— A name which has improperly 

 been applied to the Babillard. 



LINNET {Linaria linota, Cuvier.) 



*Fringilla cannabina, Linn. Syst. I. p. 322. sp. 28 — Gros Bee Linotte, Temm. 

 Man. d'Orn. 1. p. 364 — Greater Redpole, or Brown Linnet, Mont. Orn. Diet. 

 — The Linnet, Low's Faun. Oread, p. 63. — Greater Redpole Finch, Shaw's Zool. 

 9. p. 516. 



YOUNG. 



Fringilla Linota, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 916. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. p. 457. sp. 81. — 

 Linaria, Rail, Syn. p. 80. A. I.— Will. p. 190.— lb. (Angl.) 258.— Briss. 3. p. 

 131. 29.— La Linotte ordinaire, Buff. Ois. 4. p. 58. t. I.— lb. pi. Enl. 151. f. 1. 

 Common Linnet, Br. Zool. No. 130. — Lewin's Br. Birds, 2. t. 83. — Lath. Syn. 



3. p. 402. 73.— Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 12 Wale. Syn. t. 221.— Grey Linnet, 



Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. 171 



ADULT. 



Fringilla cannabina, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 916. sp. 28. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. p. 458. 

 sp. 82. — Linaria rubra major, Briss. 3. p. 135. 30. — Raii, Syn. p. 91. A. 2. — 

 Will. p. 191. t. 46.— Le Grand Linotte des Vignes, Buff. Ois. 4. p. 58.-/6. 

 pi. Enl. 485. f. 2. old male under the title of Petite Linotte des Vignes. — Blu- 

 thanfling, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 3. p. 141.— Ib. Tasschenb. Deut. p. 121. — 



Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 1(53 Ib. Vog. Deut. 1. t. f. 1. and 2.—Frisch, 



Vbg. t. 9. f. 1. and 2. — Greater Redpole, or Red-headed Linnet, Br. Zool. 1. 

 No. 131. t. 54.— Arct. Zool. 2. No. 161.— Will. (Angl.) 260 — Lewin's Br. 



Birds, 2. t. 84.— Lath. Syn. 3. p. 304 Ib. Supp. p. 167 — Wale. Syn. 2. t. 



222.— Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 12.— Bewick's Br. Birds, l.t. p. 173 — Ib. Supp. p. 

 t. 22.— Flem. Br. Anim. p. 84 Selby, pi. 55. figs. 3. and 4. p. 274. 



