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similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two A small, active, and very common European singing bird ; -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith. The wheatear. The blue titmouse. Note: The name

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similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two A small, active, and very common European singing bird ; -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith. The wheatear. The blue titmouse. Note: The name is sometimes applied to various species of Saxicola, Pratincola, and allied genera; as, the pied stonechat of India

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