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Saxicola oenanthe
Wheatear Wheat"ear`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small European singing bird (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
Saxicola oenanthe
Ortolan Or"to*lan, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener, fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens. See Yard an inclosure, and cf. Hortulan.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting. (b) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). (c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina). See Sora.
Saxicola oenanthe
Fallow Fal"low, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel. f["o]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[u^] white, L. pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr. palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.] 1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. --Shak. 2. [Cf. Fallow, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zo["o]l.), a small European bird, the wheatear (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). See Wheatear.
Saxicola picata
Stonechat Stone"chat`, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zo["o]l.) (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. 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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- Saxicola (Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in), the stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small p****erine birds restricted to the Old World...
- Praecereus saxicola is a flowering plant in the family Cactaceae that is found in Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay Praecereus saxicola grows shrubby with...
- The European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) is a small p****erine bird that was formerly classed as a subspecies of the common stonechat. Long considered...
- Laphamia saxicola is a rare species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Roosevelt Dam rockdaisy and Fish Cr**** rockdaisy....
- Thryptomene saxicola, commonly known as rock thryptomene, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western...
- Hypogymnia saxicola is a rare species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces of China, it forms delicate cushions...
- Saxicola parva is an extinct species of Saxicola that inhabited Hungary during the Neogene period. The specific epithet is derived from its smaller size...
- Prostanthera saxicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with linear to elliptic...
- Harpalus saxicola is a species of ground beetle native to the Palearctic realm and Near East. In Europe, it can be found in such countries as Albania,...
- Caloplaca saxicola is a small bright orange crustose lichen that grows on rock all over the world.: 245–6  It is commonly called rock firedot lichen,: 245 ...