Definition of Ortolan bunting

1. Noun. Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy.

Exact synonyms: Emberiza Hortulana, Ortolan
Generic synonyms: Bunting
Group relationships: Emberiza, Genus Emberiza

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ortolan Bunting

orthotopic
orthotopic graft
orthotopically
orthotropic
orthotropous
orthotropous ovule
orthovanadate
orthovanadates
orthovoltage
orthowalpurgite
orthoxylene
orthoxylenes
orthros
orthroses
ortolan
ortolan bunting (current term)
ortolans
orts
ortygan
ortygans
orval
orvals
orvet
orvietan
orvieto
orycenin
oryctere
orycteres
orycterope
orycteropes

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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