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"From every side they hurried in,
Rubbing their sleepy eyes."
Keats.
Of all the nearly eight hundred species of North American birds, the robin1 is without question the one most generally known. Its great commonness and wide distribution have something to do with this fact, but can hardly be said to account for it altogether. The red-eyed vireo has almost as extensive a range, and at least in New England is possibly more numerous; but except among ornithologists it remains2 a stranger, even to country-bred people. The robin owes its universal recognition partly to its size and perfectly3 distinctive4 dress, partly to its early arrival in the spring, but especially to the nature of its nesting and feeding habits, which bring it constantly under every one's eye.
It would seem impossible, at this late day, [Pg 154] to say anything new about so familiar a bird; but the robin has one interesting and remarkable5 habit, to which there is no allusion6 in any of our systematic7 ornithological8 treatises9, so far as I am aware, although many individual observers must have taken notice of it. I mean the habit of roosting at night in large flocks, while still on its breeding grounds, and long before the close of the breeding season. [14]
Toward the end of summer, two years ago, I saw what looked like a daily passage back and forth10 of small companies of robins
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robin
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| n.知更鸟,红襟鸟 | |
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remains
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perfectly
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distinctive
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remarkable
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| adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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allusion
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systematic
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ornithological
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| adj.鸟类学的 | |
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treatises
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robins
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| n.知更鸟,鸫( robin的名词复数 );(签名者不分先后,以避免受责的)圆形签名抗议书(或请愿书) | |
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migration
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| n.迁移,移居,(鸟类等的)迁徙 | |
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congregated
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| (使)集合,聚集( congregate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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rendezvous
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isolated
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swampy
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dense
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| a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
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maples
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| 槭树,枫树( maple的名词复数 ); 槭木 | |
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deciduous
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| adj.非永久的;短暂的;脱落的;落叶的 | |
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knoll
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commotion
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influx
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afterward
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standing
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| adj.被照明的;受启迪的 | |
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lookout
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gathering
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hindrance
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enumeration
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hesitation
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apparently
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populous
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intrude
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| vi.闯入;侵入;打扰,侵扰 | |
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prodigious
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rustling
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| n. 瑟瑟声,沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的 | |
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| (使某物)燃烧,着火( kindle的过去式和过去分词 ); 激起(感情等); 发亮,放光 | |
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twigs
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| 细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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sleepers
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disposition
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peculiar
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| adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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disperse
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| vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散 | |
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dispersed
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| adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的 | |
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precisely
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| adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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deserted
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| adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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indirectly
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situated
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piazza
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| n.广场;走廊 | |
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depleted
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| adj. 枯竭的, 废弃的 动词deplete的过去式和过去分词 | |
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entirely
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| ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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fluctuations
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| 波动,涨落,起伏( fluctuation的名词复数 ) | |
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pointed
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thwarted
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| 阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; 横过 | |
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mischief
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| n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹 | |
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incessant
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cynical
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| adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的,不信世道向善的 | |
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brook
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| n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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sufficiently
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noted
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streaked
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| adj.有条斑纹的,不安的v.快速移动( streak的过去式和过去分词 );使布满条纹 | |
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spotted
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| adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的 | |
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positively
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| adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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determined
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| adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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misanthropic
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| adj.厌恶人类的,憎恶(或蔑视)世人的;愤世嫉俗 | |
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ascertain
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literally
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dart
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| v.猛冲,投掷;n.飞镖,猛冲 | |
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census
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inadequate
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inevitable
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| adj.不可避免的,必然发生的 | |
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motive
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| n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的 | |
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distress
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| n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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gregarious
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| adj.群居的,喜好群居的 | |
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marsh
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| n.沼泽,湿地 | |
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wrens
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| n.鹪鹩( wren的名词复数 ) | |
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scattered
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| adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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habitually
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beacon
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| n.烽火,(警告用的)闪火灯,灯塔 | |
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retired
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| adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的 | |
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zigzag
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| n.安全的地方,避难所,庇护所 | |
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gatherings
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| 聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集 | |
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| v.感到于心不安,有顾忌( scruple的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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| v.臆测,推断( surmise的第三人称单数 );揣测;猜想 | |
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