emberiza cirlus

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emberiza cirlus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [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
     Fringillid[ae]).
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     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] Bunting

  Cirl bunting \Cirl" bun`ting\ [Cf. It. cirlo.] (Zool.)
     A European bunting (Emberiza cirlus).
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