Stonechatter

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

  Stonechat \Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the
     similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two
     pebbles.] (Zool.)
     (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird
         ({Pratincola rubicola}); -- called also {chickstone},
         {stonechacker}, {stonechatter}, {stoneclink},


         {stonesmith}.
     (b) The wheatear.
     (c) The blue titmouse.
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     Note: 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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