The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

CHAT

Chat is the popular name of birds of the genus Saxicola, family Sylviadae or warblers. They are small, lively birds, moving incessantly and rapidly about in pursuit of the insects on which they chiefly live. There are three species found in Britain, the stone-chat, whin-chat, and wheatear. The yellow-breasted chat of the United States is a larger bird, belonging to the genus Icteria, family Turdidae or thrushes.
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