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"Emberiza" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... British Buntings are plain coloured birds; but in the spring the feathers on the head of the male reed-bunting (Emberiza schoeniculus) acquire a fine black colour by the abrasion of the dusky tips; and these are erected during the act of courtship. Mr. Weir has kept two species of Amadina from Australia: the A. castanotis ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin |
Words linked to "Emberiza" : reed bunting, bird genus, subfamily Emberizidae, yellow-breasted bunting, yellow bunting, Emberiza hortulana, Emberiza citrinella, subfamily Emberizinae, Emberizidae, yellowhammer, ortolan, ortolan bunting |
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