EMBERIZA

(Lat.) The name of a genus of Pa erine birds, characterized by having the upper mandible narrower than the under one, with the edges turned in•vvards, and with a hard knob on the palate: the entire bill has the usual short strong conformation of the Conirostral tribe of Pa erine birds. It is now the type of a family, subdivided into minor genera, under the name of EmberizidcE or Buntings. EMBEZZLEMENT, in Law, is a felony, consisting of the same cla of acts which would in any other case amount to larceny, when committed by one employed as a clerk or servant, and by virtue of his oflUce, on the goods and chattels of his employer. [s. 406]