whinchat

whinchat
    n 1: brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn:
         {whinchat}, {Saxicola rubetra}]
    

Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
   whins.] (Zool.)
   A small warbler ({Pratincola rubetra}) common in Europe; --
   called also {whinchacker}, {whincheck}, {whin-clocharet}.
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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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