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stonechat
CIDE DICTIONARY
stonechat, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.].
A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola ); -- called also chickstone , stonechacker , stonechatter , stoneclink , stonesmith . [1913 Webster]
" The name is sometimes applied to various species of Saxicola , Pratincola , and allied genera; as, the pied stonechat of India (Saxicola picata )." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stonechat, n. any small brown bird of the thrush family with black and white markings, esp. Saxicola torquata with a call like stones being knocked together.
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