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Webster 1913 Edition
Bunting
Bun′ting
,Noun.
[Scot.
buntlin
, corn-buntlin
, OE. bunting
, buntyle
; of unknown origin.] (Zool.)
A bird of the genus
Emberiza
, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidæ
). ☞ 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 (Poöcætes gramineus
or Poœcetes 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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Bunting
BUNT'ING
,Noun.
BUNT'ING
, or BUN'TINE,Noun.