EMBER-GOOSE

(Colymbus septen-trionalis), an aquatic bird, known also as the great northern diver and loon. The katter name, however, is also: applied to the great crested grebe. EMBERIZI’D&, a family of small perching birds, typical genus Emberiza. It includes the buntings, the snow-flake, the yellow-hammer, and reed sparrow. The ortolan belongs to this family. By some naturalists it is cla ified as a sub-family of the finches.