The experience of this lady is the experience of all in whom is kindled this bird enthusiasm. A new interest is added to life; one more resource against ennui and stagnation. If you have only a city yard with a few sickly trees in it, you will find great delight in noting the numerous stragglers from the great army of spring and autumn migrants that find their way there. If you live in the country, it is as if new eyes and new ears were given you, with a correspondingly increased capacity for rural enjoyment.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Length -- 8.50 to 9.75 inches. An inch or less smaller than the robin. Male and Female -- Head, neck, and throat crimson; breast and underneath white; back black and white; wings and tail blue black, with broad white band on wings conspicuous in flight. Range -- United States, east of Rocky Mountains and north to Manitoba. Migrations -- Abundant but irregular migrant. Most commonly seen in Autumn, and rarely resident.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Wing-spots inconspicuous. Tail generally has a faint bluish tinge. Range -- Eastern North America, from Labrador to tropics, where It winters. Migrations -- May. September. Usually a migrant only in the United States.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Migrations -- April. October. Summer resident in Canada. Chiefly a migrant in United States.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Plain, dusky tail; total effect, a clear ashen gray. Female -- With rusty head inclining to gray on crown. Paler throughout than the male. Range -- From high mountain ranges of western United States (more rarely on Pacific slope) to Atlantic Ocean, and from Labrador to Mexico. Chiefly south of Pennsylvania. Migrations -- October. April. Irregular migrant in Northern States.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》