The overall populations of woodland, farmland and migrant perching birds are up in northern England and Scotland but down in the south.

林地、农田和中途停留的迁徙鸟类数量在英格兰北部和苏格兰有所上升，但是在南部地区却有所下降。

So the canary is called a perching bird. It cannot walk as we do, but it hops or jumps along the ground.

所以，我们把金丝雀叫做木栖鸟类。金丝雀不能像人类一样走路，但是可以在地上，用 单脚或者双脚跳。

Their fossils were commonly found in rocks that formed in ancient forests, and most of them had curved claws like perching birds do today.

它们的化石常见于古老森林中形成的岩石中，它们中的大多数都有弯曲的爪子， 就像今天栖息的鸟类一样。

And it lived alongside Longipteryx, a perching bird with a long snout that may have dove for fish from tree branches, like kingfishers do today.

它与 Longipteryx 一起生活，Longipteryx 是一种长着长鼻子的栖息鸟，可能会像今天的翠鸟一样从树枝上捕鱼。