SG Heritage Dictionary

Pettychaps [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A small bird of the genus Motacilla, called also beambird; found in the north of Europe.

2. The beambird is the spotted fly-catcher, of the genus Muscicapa.

Pettychaps [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).