Woodchat

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Woodchat \Wood"chat`\, n. (Zool.)
        (a) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds
            belonging to the genera {Ianthia} and {Larvivora}.
            They are closely allied to the European robin. The
            males are usually bright blue above, and more or less
            red or rufous beneath.


        (b) A European shrike ({Enneoctonus rufus}). In the male
            the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and
            tail are black, varied with white.
            [1913 Webster]