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Definition: Emberiza miliaria
Bunting
\Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE.
bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the genus
Emberiza, or of an allied genus,
related to the finches and sparrows (family
Fringillid[ae]).
[1913 Webster]
Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting
(
Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (
Emberiza hortulana
); the cirl (
Emberiza cirlus); and the
black-headed (
Granitivora melanocephala). American
species are the bay-winged or grass (
Po["o]c[ae]tes gramineus
or
Po[oe]cetes gramineus); the
black-throated (
Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting
or chewink (
Pipilo); the snow bunting (
Plectrophanax nivalis
); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others.
See
Ortolan,
Chewick,
Snow bunting,
Lark bunting
.
[1913 Webster]