A marginal bird As for the red-feathered maroon oriole, despite its delightful appearance it rarely gets a mention in Chinese literature. However, this is not because the ancients were biased against maroon orioles, but simply because they had never clapped eyes on one.
「邊緣鳥」朱鸝至於紅色的朱鸝，長相頗具喜氣，文學詩詞卻鮮少描述。