whinchatn.
/ˈwɪntʃat/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪnˌtʃæt/ A small European bird, Pratincola rubetra, closely allied to the stonechat. Also called locally furze-chat, gorse-chat.
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1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 234 The Whin-chat,..In bigness it scarce exceeds a Wagtail... The Anthus or Florus of Aristotle..differs from our Whin-chat in the colour of its Bill, and in the place where it lives; sith our Chat abides especially in heaths, and among Furze-bushes.
1789 G. White Let. in Nat. Hist. Selborne 107 How the wheat-ear and whin-chat support themselves in winter cannot be so easily ascertained, since they spend their time on wild heaths and warrens.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 324/1 The flight of the Whinchat is undulating.
1894 R. B. Sharpe Hand-bk. Birds Great Brit. I. 300 As in Great Britain, the Whinchat is a summer visitor to most parts of Europe.
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