Stone"chat` (?), n. [Stone +
chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the
clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zoöl.)
(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.
&fist; The name is sometimes applied to various species of
Saxicola, Pratincola, and allied genera; as, the pied
stonechat of India (Saxicola picata).
Stone"chat` (?), n. [Stone +
chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the
clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zoöl.)
(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.
&fist; The name is sometimes applied to various species of
Saxicola, Pratincola, and allied genera; as, the pied
stonechat of India (Saxicola picata).
