Enormous open windows with heavy iron bars made the high and barren room the roostingplace of hundreds of pigeons.
沉重的铁条嵌在巨大的窗户上，其间出入的上百只鸽子把这个高处不胜寒的地方当成了他们惬意的居所。
2
Once, a flock of birds flew past overhead, on their way to some hidden roostingplace, uttering as they flew a clear bell-like chirp;
有一次，一群鸟儿从我们头顶飞过。啾啾唧唧地清脆得像铃声一样叫着归巢；
3
One autumn day there fluttered on to the Cathedral roof a slender, sweet-voiced bird that had wandered away from the bare fields and thinning hedgerows in search of a winter roosting-place.