- A small, active, and very common European singing bird
(Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker,
stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith. - The wheatear. - The blue titmouse.
- Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless. - A small American sparrow (Spizella socialis), very common
near dwelling; -- also called chipping bird and chipping sparrow, from
its simple note.
- A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or Alle alle)
common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also little
auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove.
- what do you call a depressed avian - A small song bird (Sialia sialis), very common in the
United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in
spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the
European robin.
- A vine - Climbing flora - Climbing plant - One who moves silently, like Ivy - Viny type of plant - One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing. - A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the
ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis
quinquefolia).
- Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas
and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and
European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their
habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other
aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea
lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.