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Definition of Ortolan bunting
1. Noun. Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy.
Generic synonyms: Bunting
Group relationships: Emberiza, Genus Emberiza
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ortolan Bunting
Literary usage of Ortolan bunting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Earth, and Animated Natureby Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving by Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving (1854)
"The " ortolan-bunting" is very common iu Italy and France, and is highly esteemed
for the flavour "of its flesh. It has never been known to visit this ..."
2. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The ortolan bunting often resorts to the edges of thickets and the skirts of ...
I found the ortolan bunting breeding on the mountains in the pine regions ..."
3. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1846)
"ortolan bunting. EMBERIZA HORTULANA. THE ortolan bunting is a very scarce bird
in England, and very few instances of its capture are authenticated. ..."
4. The Smaller British Birds: With Descriptions of Their Nests, Eggs, Habits, Etc. by Henry B. Adams (1894)
"... THE ortolan bunting. 100 The male frequently sings from the upper branch of
a tree, or the top of a bush, in the manner of the Yellow Bunting. ..."
5. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1837)
"78) and ortolan bunting (p. 79) are incorrectly described. ... The eggs of the
ortolan bunting are not streaked, like those of the Yellow or Cirl Bunting, ..."
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