Wheat"ear` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A
small European singing bird (Saxicola œnanthe). 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.
Wheat"ear` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A
small European singing bird (Saxicola œnanthe). 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.
