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1第一个粉墨登场的是来自于赞比亚的相思鸟。此鸟本是情侣鹦鹉，可是我只收集到这一只，它孤独地立在枝梢，象在企盼着它的爱侣，走过冬天的小树林，在春天破晓的时候,悄悄来到它的身旁。

此鸟归情侣鹦鹉属,鹦鹉亚科(Psittacinae)情侣鹦鹉属(Agapornis)的9种小型鹦鹉，产于非洲和马达加斯加。因其羽毛艳丽，常似乎充满深情地双双偎依栖息而著名。

Any of various small Old World parrots , especially of the Agapornis , often kept as cage birds and noted for the apparent affection between mates .

它还有种名字叫相思鸟，也就是鸟类中的小情种吧。此种情鸟，经常养在鸟笼里，以雌雄间恩爱闻名。

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2 razorbill，它的中文名叫海雀。鸟类家族中很多是忠心耿耿的情侣，很多一生只有一个伴侣，认准了对方就不再移心别恋，不会再朝三暮思，心有旁骛。比如白头翁，再比如，我今天介绍的海雀。



The Razorbill (Alca torda) is colonial seabird that will only come to land in order to breed. This agile bird will choose only one partner for life and females will lay one egg per year.It is the largest living member of the Auk family. In 1917, the razorbills were finally protected by the “Migratory Bird Treaty Act”. Presently, the major threat for the razorbill population is the destruction of breeding sites.



鸟纲鸥形目海雀科鸟类的通称。前趾间有蹼膜，后趾缺如。翅窄而短小，尾短。全世界有13属21种。是典型的海鸟。体羽黑白二色，雌雄羽色相似。平时栖息于海洋上，只有繁殖时期才到岸边的岛屿或陆地上来。上岸时大致呈直立式，状如企鹅。善于游泳和潜水，一般能潜入水下10米以上。以鱼类、甲壳动物和其他海生无脊椎动物为食。在太平洋和大西洋北部沿岸地区繁殖，冬时南迁到地中海、美国加利福尼亚州、中国台湾省。海雀集群繁殖，两性都抱窝育雏。每窝产卵1枚，梨形，白、蓝灰、绿色，有的具桂红色斑点。孵化期30～36天。中国有3种：扁嘴海雀、角嘴海雀和斑海雀。

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3加拿大威森莺（Canada warbler）
这是加拿大的特色鸟,在温哥华我还没有亲眼见过,不过听说它的歌喉婉转，它的
拉丁名为Wilsonia canadensis，英文名为Canada Warbler。我在电视上听过它的叫声，那叫一个悦耳，它是小小歌唱家呢。

A colorful, active warbler of northern forests, the Canada Warbler spends little time on its breeding grounds. It is one of the last warblers to arrive north in the spring, and one of the first to leave in the fall, heading early to its South American wintering grounds. Their song clear and loud, starting with a chip, followed by a series of short warbling notes.
　　


　　它们分布范围为： 分布于北美地区(包括美国、加拿大、格陵兰、百慕大群岛、圣皮埃尔和密克隆群岛及墨西哥境内北美与中美洲之间的过渡地带)，中美洲（地处北美与南美之间，包括危地马拉、伯里兹、洪都拉斯、萨尔瓦多、尼加拉瓜、哥斯达黎加、巴拿马、巴哈马、古巴、海地、牙买加、多米尼加、安提瓜和巴布达、圣文森特和格林纳丁斯、圣卢西亚、巴巴多斯、格林纳达、特立尼达与多巴哥等国家和地区），南美洲（包括哥伦比亚、委内瑞拉、圭亚那、苏里南、厄瓜多尔、秘鲁、玻利维亚、巴拉圭、巴西、智利、阿根廷、乌拉圭以及马尔维纳斯群岛（也称福克兰群岛）

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4这是1977年非洲发行的一套Birds of Rhodesia中的一张，可惜我也只有这一张，
我找到其它的同伴的资料如下，包括它也在内。http://www.birdtheme.org/country/rhodesia.html
它的真实名字叫Magpie Shrike。分类科目：雀形目-伯劳科，中文名称：白肩鹊，拉丁名称：Corvinella melanoleuca又名：Urolestes melanoleucus。它是一种非洲才有的长尾巴鸟，有种绅士的优雅。


The Magpie Shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus), also known as the African Long-tailed Shrike, is a species of bird in the Laniidae family.Found in the more northerly parts of the southern African region, as well as further north into Kenya and Tanzania, the Magpie shrike is a distinctive bird that is quite hard to miss. It is the only long-tailed shrike in the region and this, together with its striking black and white plumage, makes it unlikely that it will be confused with any other bird.


注：rhodesia罗得西亚(津巴布韦的旧称)(非洲)

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5加拿大潜鸟，英文名为　Loon.
大家看到这张票上的鸟都不会感到陌生吧,在加拿大公开发行的硬币上就有它的踪影,加拿大通用硬币中，面值为一加元的这个硬币的一面是英国女王的头像，另一面就是一只泅水的加拿大潜鸟，英文名为　Loon。它看上去更像是野鸭子，尖嘴、长颈、短尾，我家附近的小公园的湖面上经常有它们成群结队的身影,有时我就把剩下的面包撕成小块，喂它们。它们的叫声很奇特，凄凉悲哀，如怨似诉，所谓的公鸭嗓子吧，但有趣的是加拿大人却把它的啼声称为“加拿大的声音”，好象还是加拿大的国鸟呢。

The loon, the size of a large duck or small goose, resembles these birds in shape when swimming. Loons are excellent swimmers, using their feet to propel themselves above and under water while their wings provide assistance. Because their feet are far back on the body, loons are poorly adapted to moving on land, and usually avoid going onto land, except when nesting.

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6这位小仙来自于澳洲,英文名：Pied Oystercatcher,学名：Haematopus longirostris,身长：42-51cm.澳洲斑蛎鹬和中国的蛎鹬很相似，不过而这只是近亲，而并非同种。中国的蛎鹬应该是鹬蚌相争里面的主角。Pied Oystercatcher鸟是一种杂食鸟类，草、昆虫、鱼等为食。


The name "oystercatcher" is something of a misnomer for this species, because they seldom eat oysters, which are found mainly on rocky coastlines. Pied Oystercatchers frequent sandy coastlines, where they feed mainly on bivalvemolluscs, which are prised apart with their specially adapted bill.This Australian species is easily recognized by the characteristic 5–8 cm long orange-red beak, slender pink legs and black and white plumage. With the wings extended, a white wing-stripe is also visible.

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7印度无名雁.
我只知道它是来自于印度,但不知它的尊姓大名，可能在印度很多人都知道，改天问问印度人就能知道了。先把它的风姿展现于此，如果有知道的朋友也可以告之。它起飞的姿势真地很美。

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8南非的开普鲣鸟，这张票你需要转九十度看.Cape Gannet ---Mark Warrillow-Thomson, 学名Morus capensis。鲣鸟遍布于世界各个海域。飞翔中的南非鲣鸟，清秀的黑纹，蓝眼圈，非常漂亮。 成千上万的南非鲣鸟（Morus capensis）可以追逐沙丁鱼群迁徙,从空中它们可以很清楚地看到鱼群形成的一条条黑带，你可以闭上双眼想象一下这个壮观的场面:它们盘旋\俯冲\滑翔\收翅，在水下形成一条白色的气泡柱。这是鸟与鱼的战争,空中鸟声不断，水里鱼鸟同游，海面上是不断传来的呼啸入水的扑扑声,生命的活力和狂野在这一刻展现无遗。


The Cape Gannet, Morus capensis, originally Sula capensis, is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae.
They are easily identified by their large size, black and white plumage and distinctive yellow crown and hindneck. The pale blue bill is pointed with fine serrations near the tip; perhaps because of the depth and speed of the gannet's dive when fishing (depending on altitude, gannets hit the water at speeds of between 40 and 120 kilometers per hour), its beak has no external nostrils into which the water might be forced.

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这是一张很浪漫的票票,在票票上面红色英文写的是. On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me.
这句话的完整应是:On the firstday of Christmas , my true love sent to me : A partridge in a pear tree .
在圣诞节的第一天，我的真爱送我：一只站在梨树上的鹧鸪鸟。这句话来自于一首有名的歌曲The twelve days of christmas
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下面来看来来自这首歌
The twelve days of christmas

The Twelve days of Christmas. On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: A partridge in a pear tree. 　　（在圣诞节的第一天，我的真爱送我：一只站在梨树上的鹧鸪鸟。）
On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. 　　（在圣诞节的第二天，我的真爱送我：两只鸠、及一只站在梨树上的鹧鸪鸟。）

On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. 　　（在圣诞节的第三天，我的真爱送我：三只法国母鸡、两只鸠、及一只站在梨树上的鹧鸪鸟。） ……………………



為什麼會是12天呢？在這網站上找到資料：
耶誕節是基督教一個非常重要的節日，因為是為了要紀念耶穌的誕生。根據西曆，每年12月25日是冬至的日子，太陽和赤道的距離最長，所以12月25日是較長白晝開始的一個標記。西元336年羅馬皇帝Constantine宣告這一天是慶祝耶穌基督誕生的慶典。後來羅馬帝國分裂成東西羅馬，東羅馬的教會--東正教(Eastern Orthodox)認為到12月25日一直到次年1月6日是慶祝的日子。直至現在還是有很多國家仍視一月六日為官方的耶穌基督誕生日。這12月25日和1月6日之間就形成所謂的 "12 Days of Christmas"。

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１０今天给大家介绍的这枚票票是我个人非常喜欢的，它来自于Mauritius毛里求斯(非洲岛国),而这种鸟则是非常特别的鸟。它虽是鸟类，却是不会飞的。它的中文名渡渡鸟，或作嘟嘟鸟（学名：Raphus cucullatus），又称毛里求斯渡渡鸟、愚鸠、孤鸽，是仅产于印度洋毛里求斯岛上一种不会飞的鸟。这种鸟在被人类发现后仅仅200年的时间里，便由于人类的捕杀和人类活动的影响彻底绝灭，堪称是除恐龙之外最著名的已灭绝动物之一。

“dodo”一词来自葡萄牙语的“doudo”或“doido”，为愚笨之意，当初可能来自渡渡鸟蠢肥的体型和不惧人类的习性，这个词现在写作“dodo”，最早很可能源于古英语。毛里求斯国徽上有渡渡鸟的形象.

The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless birdendemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter (3.3 feet) tall, weighing about 20 kilograms (44 lb).
The dodo lost the power of flight because food was abundant and predators were absent. By 1681, all dodos had been killed by settlers or their domesticated animals.[3] The extinction of the bird, within 80 years of its discovery, made people realise for the first time that humans could induce the extinction of plants and animals。

Scott # 464c
Issued 1978 ,

This stamp is part of a set of three issued to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniverary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The stamp depicts a statue of the Dodo. The other two stamps depict the Antelope of Bohun and Queen Elizabeth herself. All three stamps appear on the first day cover whose cachet also depicts the statue of the Dodo. The first-day cancellations also include an image of the Dodo.