A small European singing bird (Saxicola /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.