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Emberiza cirlus
Cirl bunting Cirl" bun`ting [Cf. It. cirlo.] (Zo["o]l.) A European bunting (Emberiza cirlus).
Emberiza citrinella
Yellowhammer Yel"low*ham`mer, n. [For yellow-ammer, where ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and writing lark. [Written also yellow-ammer.] (b) The flicker. [Local, U. S.]
Emberiza hortulana
Ortolan Or"to*lan, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener, fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens. See Yard an inclosure, and cf. Hortulan.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting. (b) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). (c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina). See Sora.
Emberiza miliaria
Bunting Bun"ting, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo["o]l.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillid[ae]). Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (E. hortulana); the cirl (E. cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass (Po["o]c[ae]tes 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.

Meaning of Emberiza from wikipedia

- The buntings are a group of Old World p****erine birds forming the genus Emberiza, the only genus in the family Emberizidae. The family contains 44 species...
- The ortolan (Emberiza hortulana), also called ortolan bunting, is a Eurasian bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a p****erine family now separated by...
- Emberiza media is an extinct species of Emberiza that inhabited Hungary during the Neogene period. Eugen Kessler (2013). "Neogene songbirds (Aves, P****eriformes)...
- The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is a p****erine bird in the bunting family that is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia...
- Emberiza parva is an extinct species of Emberiza that inhabited Hungary during the Neogene period. Eugen Kessler (2013). "Neogene songbirds (Aves, P****eriformes)...
- The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) is a p****erine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from...
- Emberiza gaspariki is an extinct species of Emberiza that inhabited Hungary during the Neogene period. Eugen Kessler (2013). "Neogene songbirds (Aves,...
- Emberiza pannonica is an extinct species of Emberiza that inhabited Hungary during the Neogene period. Eugen Kessler (2013). "Neogene songbirds (Aves,...
- Emberiza polgardiensis is an extinct species of Emberiza that inhabited Hungary during the Neogene period. Eugen Kessler (2013). "Neogene songbirds (Aves...
- The black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala) is a p****erine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It breeds in south-east Europe east to Iran and...