Ortolan \Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener, fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens. See Yard an inclosure, and cf. Hortulan.]

(Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting.
   (b) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola [oe]nanthe).
   (c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina). See Sora.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.]

(Zo["o]l.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillid[ae]).

Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (E. hortulana); the cirl (E. cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass (Po["o]c[ae]tes or Po[oe]cetes gramineus); the black-throated (Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting or chewink (Pipilo); the snow bunting (Plectrophanax nivalis); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow bunting, Lark bunting.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bunting \Bun"ting\, Buntine \Bun"tine\, n. [Prov. E. bunting sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose.]

A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)