野鸽在浓密的树林中哀诉。
“告诉我雪花有多重，”一只山雀问一只野鸽子。
"Tell me the weight of a snowflake, "a titmouse asked a wild dove.
家鸽是从野鸽分化而来的，是世界上最早被人类驯化的鸟类。
The domestic pigeon, derived from the rock pigeon, is the world's oldest domesticated bird.
非常遗憾，我没法和非洲野鸽和大象、翻筋斗的巨人或穿着高跟鞋的雕像一起工作。
It's regrettable that I could not work with tambourines and elephants, giants doing cartwheels, or statues wearing high heels.
“我们尝试解开野鸽身上关于“暴露”和“基因连接”的学说”，MsJacquin报道。
"We tried to disentangle the 'genetic link' and the 'exposure' hypothesis in free-living feral pigeons Columba livia," Ms Jacquin reported.
许多野鸽在峭壁的上空盘旋，它们的窝在峰顶上，实际是参差不齐的花岗石边缘上的一些小孔。
The nests of the rock pigeons which fluttered at its summit were only, in reality, holes bored at the very top, and on the irregular edge of the granite.
研究者发现生活在城镇中的野鸽很可能是利用了他们日常觅食活动中的“记忆和分类”的能力。
They suggested that feral pigeons within urban environments probably used their "memory and categorisation abilities in their daily foraging activities".
尽管鸽子在实验室里接受培训时展现了非常显著的感知能力，但这是第一次研究证明了未受过训练的的野鸽也有类似的能力。
Although pigeons have shown remarkable feats of perception when given training in the lab this is the first research showing similar abilities in untrained feral pigeons.
清晨，知更，猫鸟，野鸽，松鸦，鹪鹩，还有各种其它鸟声曾经在黎明时分形成大合唱，出现一派勃勃生机的清晨，现在已是毫无声息了。
On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of Robins catbirds doves jays wrens and scores of other bird voices there was now no sound.
通过对195只在城市野鸽的颜色和健康状况的评估，他们发现深色的鸽子血液里含有较少的名为haemosporidian的寄生虫。
By assessing the colouration and state of health of 195 free-living urban pigeons, they found that darker pigeons had lower concentrations of a blood parasite called haemosporidian.
通过对195只在城市野鸽的颜色和健康状况的评估，他们发现深色的鸽子血液里含有较少的名为haemosporidian的寄生虫。
By assessing the colouration and state of health of 195 free-living urban pigeons, they found that darker pigeons had lower concentrations of a blood parasite called haemosporidian.
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