夜鹭

答：《夜鹭》续集的草稿已经交给利特尔&布朗出版社（Little，Brown）的编辑们，计划明年上半年出版。

A. The manuscript of " Night Heron " ' s sequel has just gone to the editors at Little , Brown and is due out in the first half of next year .

无锡工业发展水平高于共青城可能是导致两地间样品差异的原因，因此可以通过对夜鹭卵中PCBs的残留量来监测区域环境中PCBs的污染状况。

This difference might be caused by the higher level of industrial development in Wuxi , so the residue amount of PCBs in eggs of night heron can be used to monitor the PCBs contamination in regional environment .

夜鹭卵中几种多氯联苯（PCBs）的残留特征

Residue character of polychlorinated biphenyls - PCBs - in eggs of night heron

夜鹭（Nycticoraxnycticorax）广泛分布于北美洲、南美洲、欧亚大陆及非洲，全球共有4个亚种，在旧大陆地区分布的是指名亚种（N.n.nycticorax）。

The Black-crown Night Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax ) is extremely widespread , occurring in North and South America , Eurasia , and Africa . There are 4 subspecies in the world , and the nominate subspecies , N. n.

2003年及2004年3~6月在河南郑州市区对夜鹭（Nycticoraxnycticorax）的求偶行为进行了观察。

The courtship displays of Black-crowned Night Herons ( Nycticorax nycticorax ) were observed in urban area of Zhengzhou , Henan Province from March to June , 2003 and 2004 . Male herons occupied territories and displayed a variety of stereotyped behaviors .

问：《夜鹭》的灵感来源是什么？

Q. What was the inspiration behind " Night Heron " ?

郑州地区夜鹭的求偶行为

Courtship Display of Nycticorax nycticorax in Zhengzhou , China

繁殖期夜鹭对城市化的适应性研究

Studies on the Adaptation of Black-crowned Night Heron to Urbanization in Breeding Season

宁夏苍鹭和夜鹭的数量及生态研究

A Study on Quantity and Ecology of Arder Cinerea and Nycticorax-nycticorax in Ningxia

宁夏苍鹭、夜鹭的繁殖及行为研究

Studies on reproduction and action of arder cinerea and nycticorax nycticorax in Ningxia

太湖地区夜鹭配对年龄及繁殖效果

Pairing Age and Reproductive Success in Black-crowned Night Herons at Tai Lake , China

美洲热带白鹭，与夜鹭有亲缘关系。

Tropical American heron related to night herons .

孵化成功率白鹭为8425%，夜鹭为7546%；

Hatching success was 84 25 % for Little Egret and 75 46 % for Night Heron .

同其它类似研究结果相比，该地区夜鹭体内的重金属污染水平尚未达到明显的致害浓度。

Compared with other studies , residue levels of heavy metals in night heron in Wuxi were not harmful .

无锡太湖地区夜鹭及白鹭繁殖生物学研究

BREEDING BIOLOGY OF NIGHT HERON ( Nycticorax nycticorax ) AND LITTLE EGRET ( Egretta garzetta ) IN TAIHU LAKE OF WUXI , CHINA

在《夜鹭》的出版过程之初，有人对我说，北京是新的柏林。

As someone said to me at the beginning of the process of getting Night Heron published , Beijing is the new Berlin .

白头鹎和集群繁殖的夜鹭、池鹭、牛背鹭的鸟巢数量占总巢数的839%。

Of the nests , 839 % were built by Pycnonotus sinensis and some colonial breeding species including nycticorax nycticorax , ARDEOLA Bacchus and Bubulcus ibis .

这个故事成形后，那个上了年纪的男人变成了一个名叫花生的圆圆胖胖、目光敏锐的无赖，这个故事就是《夜鹭》。

As the story took shape , the elderly man morphed into a rotund , sharp-eyed rogue named Peanut , and the story became Night Heron .

谨代表香港观鸟会感谢所有协助是项活动的会员及义工，包括长驻于屯门公园的三只夜鹭及普通翠鸟。

We would like to express our gratitude to members and volunteers who offered help to this event , including the3 Night Heron and the Common Kingfisher .

这个故事成形后，那个上了年纪的男人变成了一个名叫“花生”的圆圆胖胖、目光敏锐的无赖，这个故事就是《夜鹭》。

As the story took shape , the elderly man morphed into a rotund , sharp-eyed rogue named Peanut , and the story became " Night Heron . "

答：《夜鹭》中的很多人物源于我当记者这么多年遇到的各种人：指手画脚的警察；

A. Plenty of " Night Heron " ' s characters draw on encounters that I 've had over my years as a correspondent : the officious policeman ;

《夜鹭》首先是一部悬疑小说，但它想不至于此时，就向勒卡雷学习。

Night Heron is first and foremost a suspense novel , but when it aspires to be a little more , it looks up at le Carr é for instruction .

让一个外行人逼真地描绘间谍世界总会比较难，不过《夜鹭》中的某些情节线索反映的是真实情况。

It 's always going to be hard for an outsider to portray the spy world with verisimilitude , but some of the plot threads in " Night Heron " mirror real-life cases .

为了让不太熟悉中国的读者不至于一头雾水，我在《夜鹭》中选用的人名和地名都是容易念、不会混淆的。

I 've tried in " Night Heron " to keep the reader who is new to China oriented , and to make sure that I chose names and locations that people can pronounce and keep straight .

鹭群主要的食物类型是鱼类，白鹭食物几乎全为鱼类，夜鹭95%的食物为鱼类，兼有少量的蛙类、甲壳类和小型哺乳类动物。

The egrets and herons fed mainly on fish , which accounted for 100 % of the diet of little egret chicks , and for 95 % of the diet of night heron chicks . Night heron chicks also received small amounts of frogs , crustaceans and small sized mammals .