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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.* 
LARY. — 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. 1. 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, Raii, Syn. p. 80. A. 1. — Will. p. 190. — Ib. (Angl.) 258. — Briss. 3. p. 
131. 29. — La Linotte ordinaire, Buff. Ois. 4. p. 58. 1. 1. — Ib. 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. — Ib. 
pi. Enl. 485. f. 2. old male under the title of Petite Linotte des Vignes. — Blu- 
thanfling, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 3. p. 141.— J&. Tasschenb. Deut. p. 121. — 
Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 163. — Ib. Yog. Deut. 1. t. f. 1. and 2. — Frisch, 
Yog. 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, 1, t. p. 173. — Ib. Supp. p. 
t. 22. — Flem. Br. Anim. p. 84 Selby, pi. 55. figs. 3. and 4. p. 274. 
