Commentary

    A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.

        This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary. -Henry Hallam.

    A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
    An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.

Phyllo

Although some Greek influence is likely, the exact origin of phyllo is not well documented. Since the Ottoman Sultans employed chefs from many parts of the Ottoman Empire, the practice of stretching raw dough into paper-thin sheets probably evolved in the kitchens of the Topkapı Palace.

Some Turkish circles claim that yufka was "an early form of phyllo" since the Diwan Lughat al-Turk, a dictionary of Turkic dialects by Mahmud Kashgari recorded pleated/folded bread as one meaning of the word yuvgha, which is related to yufka, meaning 'thin', the modern Turkish name for phyllo as well as a Turkish flatbread also called yufka. However, this view is untenable considering that lavash is also a thin bread and can also be considered "an early form of phyllo", especially considering that unlike yufka, lavash dates to ancient times and is typically larger in size.

Varied Bunting

The Varied Bunting is unevenly distributed and inconspicuous, so very little is known about it.
Eggs are polymorphic in color among populations, a rare phenomenon in passerine birds.
They spend most of their time concealed in dense desert brush, coming into view only when the male sings from the top of a bush.
A group of buntings are collectively known as a "decoration", "mural", and "sacrifice" of buntings.

Varied Bunting

A bird of subtly beautiful colors, the Varied Bunting inhabits arid brushy woodlands and clearings. Found throughout most of Mexico, it reaches the northern limits of its range in the borderlands of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Varied Bunting

The range of the Varied Bunting stretches from the southern parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States south throughout Mexico as far as Oaxaca. Small disjunct populations occur in the state of Chiapas in Mexico and southeastern Guatemala. This stocky bird has a short tail and rounded bill. It is 11–14 centimetres (4.3–5.5 in) long, has a wingspan of 21 centimetres (8.3 in), and weighs 11–13 grams (0.39–0.46 oz). Breeding males are purple-red with bright red patched on the nape, and become browner in the fall. Females are plain light brown, resembling the female Indigo Bunting but lacking streaking on the breast. Varied Buntings inhabit deserts and xeric shrublands, preferring thorny brush thickets, thorn forests, scrubby woodlands, and overgrown clearings. They forage on the ground for insects, fruit, and seeds. Varied Buntings weave open-cup nests of grass and spider webs in the outer branches of thorny shrubs, usually near water. Females lay 2-5 bluish-white to bluish-green eggs, which they incubate for about fourteen days. The young are fully feathered after 10 days, and are ready to leave the nest several days later.