Ordinary people just don't understand us.

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志哉。

A quail is a type of small bird.

燕雀是种小型鸟类。

Much as I know'd the birds' names in the hedges to be chaffinch, sparrer, thrush.

据我所知，树篱中的鸟的名字是苍头燕雀、麻雀、画眉。

They soon began to mate primarily with other finches that used the same niche.

后来牠们开始只和自己生态位的燕雀繁殖。

He dropped a large mouse and a chaffinch onto the ground beside Yellowfang.

他把只大老鼠和只苍头燕雀扔到黄牙旁边的地上。

Graystripe sat alone beside the nettle clump, a fat chaffinch at his paws.

灰条独自坐在荨麻丛旁边，爪子上抓着只肥硕的苍头燕雀。

As he crunched on the chaffinch, Fireheart scanned the clearing.

火心边嚼着燕雀，边扫视着空地。

The beaks of some of the finches were more suitable for digging for worms.

些燕雀的嘴适合挖虫。

He placed the chaffinch on the ground, but decided not to start eating.

他把苍头燕雀放在地上，但决定不开始吃。

A good example of this can be seen in a group of finches living on a remote island.

这方面个好的例子就是在遥远岛屿上所住的群燕雀。

He quickly caught a shrew, a chaffinch, and a mouse, but hesitated before returning to camp.

他很快就抓到了只鼩鼱、只苍头燕雀和只老鼠，但在返回营地之前犹豫了。

By the way, I hope that chaffinch out there was for me; I was starving!

顺便说句，我希望外面那只苍头燕雀适合我；我快饿死了！

He was carrying a small squirrel in his mouth, which he dropped beside Firepaw's chaffinch.

他嘴里叼着只​​小松鼠，把它扔到火爪的燕雀旁边。

He selected a small chaffinch from the pile of fresh-kill as he passed, then wished he'd chosen a vole.

当他经过时，他从堆新鲜猎物中挑选了只小燕雀，然后希望他选择了只田鼠。

As Fireheart dropped the chaffinch beside his friend, Graystripe sneezed.

当火心把苍头燕雀扔到他的朋友身边时，灰条打了个喷嚏。

" That's good." " Yeah, he's a great hunter." Fireheart started to eat his chaffinch.

“那挺好的。” “是的，他是位伟大的猎人。”火心开始吃他的燕雀。

Darwin's finches on the Galapagos Islands will use little sticks as spears to fish out caterpillars and beetle larvae that are hiding underneath the bark of plants.

加拉帕戈斯群岛上达尔文的燕雀会用小棍子作为长矛来钓出隐藏在植物树皮下的毛毛虫和甲虫。

He picked up the chaffinch and bounded over to the nettle clump where Graystripe had settled himself with a large wood mouse.

他抱起苍头燕雀，跳到荨麻丛前，灰条和只大林鼠就在那里安顿下来。

A few hundred years ago, a small group of finches was blown onto the Galapagos Islands in the middle of the Pacific, probably by a big storm.

数百年前，小群燕雀大概因为场风暴而被吹至太平洋中的加拉巴哥群岛。

It's never an easy time for the Clans." She looked wistful for a moment, then told Fireheart, " Take that chaffinch and share it with Graystripe.

对于族群来说，这从来都不是个轻松的时刻。”她脸渴望的表情，然后告诉火心，“把那只燕雀拿去和灰条分享。