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Definition of Emberiza
1. Noun. Old World buntings.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Emberizidae, Subfamily Emberizidae, Subfamily Emberizinae
Member holonyms: Emberiza Hortulana, Ortolan, Ortolan Bunting, Emberiza Schoeniclus, Reed Bunting, Emberiza Citrinella, Yellow Bunting, Yellowhammer, Emberiza Aureola, Yellow-breasted Bunting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emberiza
Literary usage of Emberiza
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"Its usual demeanour resembles much that of the Chipping Bunting, Emberiza socialis
of WILSON, and like it, it spends much of its time in singing its ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Many Buntings have a knob-like protuberance on the palate or roof of the mouth.
THE TRUE BUNTINGS. GENUS Emberiza. Emberiza, Briss., Orn., iii., p. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The following have been also attributed to Emberiza, by other naturalists:—
Chinese hatting. ... Gm. Barred-tailed bunting. Emberiza fusca. Gm. Emberiza ..."
4. Research in China by Carnegie Institution of Washington, Bailey Willis, Eliot Blackwelder, Rufus Harvey Sargent, Friedrich Hirth, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Stuart Weller, George Herbert Girty (1907)
"Emberiza rustica PALLAS. Rustic Bunting. Emberiza rustica PALLAS: Reise Russ.
Reichs, in, 1776, 698 (Dauria). Common in the hedges and orchards of the ..."
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