资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.