The towns through which our stage-coach passed sometimes called it the "bean-pot." The Jehn who drove it was something of a wag. Once, coming through Charlestown, while waiting in the street for a resident passenger, he was hailed by another resident who thought him obstructing the passage, with the shout,--英文原著 · 《A New England Girlhood》
Female -- Brownish where the male is black. Abdomen shading from chestnut to white in the centre. Range -- From Labrador, on the north, to the Southern States; West to the Rocky Mountains. Migrations -- April. September and October. Summer resident. Very rarely a winter resident at the north.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Wings and tail gray. with white edgings. Plumage downy. Range -- Eastern North America. North of the Carolinas to Labrador. Does not migrate in the North. Migrations -- Late September. Winter resident; permanent resident in northern parts of the United States.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Summer resident. Commonly a winter resident in the South and Middle States only.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Crest, wings, and tail reddish. Breast sometimes tinged with red. Range -- Eastern United States. A Southern bird, becoming more and more common during the summer in States north of Virginia, especially in Ohio, south of which it is resident throughout the year. Migrations -- Resident rather than migrating birds, remaining throughout the winter in localities where they have found their way. Travel in flocks.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Meantime, a home was being built for them in Hartford, and in the autumn of 1874 they took up residence in ita happy residence, continued through seventeen years--well-nigh perfect years. Their summers they spent in Elmira, on Quarry Farm--a beautiful hilltop, the home of Mrs. Clemens's sister. It was in Elmira that much of Mark Twain's literary work was done. He had a special study there, some distance from the house, where he loved to work out his fancies and put them into visible form.英文原著 · 《Letters Vol. 1》