These birds of a feather are known for their fluffy plumage and friendly temperament.

这些同类的鸟类以它们蓬松的羽毛和友好的性情而闻名。

His plumage was beautiful now, and he felt great.

他的羽毛现在变漂亮了，他感到很高兴。

As the pigeons bathe, oil from their plumage flows downstream and is detected.

鸽子在清洗的过程中，羽毛上的油脂沿河流而下，被捕食者察觉。

We find plumage attractive in the same way that birds find it attractive.

我们跟鸟一样觉得羽毛很有吸引力。

Against the snowy backdrop, its plumage would have been near impossible to spot.

在白雪的背景下，它们的羽毛难以被发现。

The average let them plot each plumage as a dot on a graph with three axes—red, green and blue.

在红绿蓝三维坐标系上用小点绘制了平均羽毛颜色的散点图。

Selection for gaudy plumage therefore works in both directions.

因此绚丽羽毛在自然选择上往两个方向发展。

Instead, they have dark brown feathers with varying amounts of white streaks in their plumage.

相反，它们的羽毛呈深棕色，并掺着不同数量的白条纹。

Other studies have shown that birds with orange and red plumage are similarly less creeped out by orange and red clothing.

其他研究表明，有橙色和红色羽毛的鸟类同样也不太会被橙色和红色的衬衫吓到。

Their plumage changes little with the seasons and their nests are easy to spot against the exposed tundra soil.

它们的羽毛几乎不随季节而变化，而它们的巢穴在苔原上裸露的泥土映衬下极易被识别。