Emberizidæ (emberizide)

pl. [NL., by many of the most common buntings, finches, and 'sparrows' of English-speaking countries, especially of the United States, as the chip-, snow, and vesper-bird, lark-finch, lark-and towhee-bunting, black-throated bunting, white-throated and white-crowned sparrows, field-, fox-, song-, swamp-, and savannah-sparrows, the longspurs, etc. See Emberiza.