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Definition of Buntings
1. bunting [n] - See also: bunting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buntings
Literary usage of Buntings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... in banks, or under tussocks of vegetation — Robins and buntings — Twite and
Ring Ousel—Mound Birds—The Philosophy of Concealed Nests. ..."
2. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1849)
"and snow, buntings not only betake themselves to the roads for subsistence ...
On opening buntings killed in winter, I have generally found them filled with ..."
3. Siberia in Europe: A Visit to the Valley of the Petchora, in North-east by Henry Seebohm (1880)
"... Mezen—Polish exile — Snow-buntings — How caught—Jackdaws—-We leave Mezen—The
weather—Scenery—-The Mezen river—The ..."
4. The Naturalist in Norway: Or, Notes on the Wild Animals, Birds, Fishes, and by John Bowden (1869)
"The buntings.—The Finches.—The Crossbills.—The Pigeons. Two or three species of
bunting are common in this country, but are seldom seen in England. ..."
5. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1837)
"... mandible and palate are broadly and deeply concave, whereas in the buntings
they are narrow, flat, and at their junction have a prominent hard knob. ..."
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