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from The Century Dictionary.

noun A genus of buntings, conirostral passerine birds of the family Fringillidæ, such as the common corn-bunting of Europe (E. miliaria), the yellow bunting (E. citrinella), the cirl-bunting (E. cirlus), the ortolan (E. hortulana), etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun Old World buntings

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LINARIA ciris (emberiza ciris Linn.) or painted finch, or nonpareil of Catesby are not seen North of Cape Fear in North Carolina, and seldom ten miles from the sea coast, or perhaps twenty or thirty miles, near the banks of great rivers, in fragrant groves of the Orange (Citrus aurantium) Zanthoxilon, Laurus Borbonia, Cassine, Sideroxilon, &c.

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. 1823
I SHALL first mention the rice bird, (emberiza oryza vora.)

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. 1823

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