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)."
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