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