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chickstone

Stonechat \Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. A small, active, and very common European singing bird ( Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith.

  2. The wheatear.

  3. The blue titmouse.

    Note: The name is sometimes applied to various species of Saxicola, Pratincola, and allied genera; as, the pied stonechat of India ( Saxicola picata).