stonechat

stonechat
    n 1: common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown
         breast [syn: {stonechat}, {Saxicola torquata}]
    

Stonechat \Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the
   similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two
   pebbles.] (Zool.)
   (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird
       ({Pratincola rubicola}); -- called also {chickstone},
       {stonechacker}, {stonechatter}, {stoneclink},
       {stonesmith}.
   (b) The wheatear.
   (c) The blue titmouse.
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   Note: The name is sometimes applied to various species of
         {Saxicola}, {Pratincola}, and allied genera; as, the
         pied stonechat of India ({Saxicola picata}).
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Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zool.)
   A small European singing bird ({Saxicola [oe]nanthe}). The
   male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings
   and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the
   tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each
   side. Called also {checkbird}, {chickell}, {dykehopper},
   {fallow chat}, {fallow finch}, {stonechat}, and {whitetail}.
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Chat \Chat\, n.
   1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
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            Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
            With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the
      warblers, in America. The best known species are the
      yellow-breasted chat ({Icteria viridis}), and the
      long-tailed chat ({Icteria longicauda}). In Europe the
      name is given to several birds of the family
      {Saxicolid[ae]}, as the {stonechat}, and {whinchat}.
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   {Bush chat}. (Zool.) See under {Bush}.
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