ortolan \or"tolan\, 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. zool.
   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 oenanthe.
   c in america, the sora, or carolina rail porzana
       carolina. see sora.
       1913 webster
see also:
yard hortulan emberiza hortulana bunting saxicola oenanthe porzana carolina 
sora 

wheatear \wheat"ear`\, n. zool.
   a small european singing bird saxicola oenanthe. 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
saxicola oenanthe checkbird chickell dykehopper fallow chat fallow finch 
stonechat whitetail 

fallow \fal"low\, a. as. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin
   to d. vaal fallow, faded, ohg. falo, g. falb, fahl, icel.
   f"olr, and prob. to lith. palvas, oslav. plavu^ 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.
      1913 webster

   2. cf. fallow, n. left untilled or unsowed after plowing;
      uncultivated; as, fallow ground.
      1913 webster

   fallow chat, fallow finch zool., a small european bird,
      the wheatear saxicola oenanthe. see wheatear.
      1913 webster
see also:
pale favel favor fallow fallow chat fallow finch 
saxicola oenanthe wheatear