emberiza

[Mod. Lat. emberiza; Fr. em bérize, prob. from Ger. emmeriz, emberitz, embritz; these again from ammer, which occurs in the English term Yellow Ammer, corrupted into Yellow Hammer. ( Littré, .)] Ornith.: A genus of Pa erine Birds, the typical one of the sub-family Emberizinæ, sometimes made the family Emberizide. Five species are found in Britain, Emberiza miliaria , the Common Bunting, E. schœniclus, the Black-headed Bunting, E. citri nella, the Yellow Bunting or Yellow Ammer. E. cirl us, the Cirl Bunting, and E. hortulana, the Orto lan Bunting.