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安第斯蜂鸟

Agyrtria taczanowskii

Agyrtria taczanowskii

Taczanowski’s Emerald

Pl. 412, Suppl. Vol. · p.412 · 1887 · Gould's Hummingbirds · · 1849-1887

中文名
安第斯蜂鸟
学名
Agyrtria taczanowskii
合集
古尔德蜂鸟图谱
绘者
John Gould(约翰·古尔德)
年代
1887
图版号
Pl. 412, Suppl. Vol.
原书页码
p.412
授权
CC0 1.0 Universal (Public domain)

十观

  • 纵幅 1.35∶1

第一眼

江馆清秋,晨起看竹,烟光日影露气,皆浮动于疏枝密叶之间。

—— 清·郑板桥《题画竹》

郑板桥说他画竹,是先看见“烟光日影露气”在枝叶间浮动,才动手。看画时找这一层空气,比记住花的名字更要紧。这一幅是竖的:眼睛从下往上走,落点在中段那只鸟身上。先别急着看羽毛,让姿态先立起来。第二步凑近一寸:看线与色的交界,色有没有压住线,线有没有断。第三步,把视线放到最深的那一小块:整幅的用色秩序,都是从那里排开的。

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关于本图版

本图选自约翰·古尔德的《古尔德蜂鸟图谱》(Gould's Hummingbirds),原书 1849—1887 年间出版。安第斯蜂鸟(Agyrtria taczanowskii)是本图的主角,在分类体系中列于蜂鸟科(Trochilidae)。

该合集全编共 421 幅图版,此图为其中之一,图版编号 Pl. 412, Suppl. Vol.,对应原书第 412 页,版式为纵幅。扫描件取自公有领域原件,经高分辨率修复与色彩校正,可按原大放大查看线条与设色。

原书文字(英文 / 法文)

This species was described by Dr. Sclater from a specimen procured by Stolzmann at Guajango, in Peru.

It is allied to Agyrtria viridiceps of Gould, but has a much stronger bill and an even tail, and the spots on the throat are much smaller. Mr. Stolzmann met with the species both at Guajango and Calacate. At the latter place, he writes, “it is common, visiting the male flowers of the banana trees. It affects the same places as Cyanomyia cyanicollis. When perching on the dry leaves of the bananas it utters its song, composed of couplets in four tones, three or four times repeated in succession. Often when I have been working in front of my door, one of these Hamming-birds has come to catch the mosquitoes, which are very abundant in that locality. As I stood still, the bird came so close to me that I could feel the wind on my face, produced by the vibration of its wing. I thus had the opportunity of observing the manner in which it seized the mosquitoes, and I am astonished to see that Burmeister denies this habit in the Humming-birds.

“At Guajango, in the valley of the Marañon, this species is rare, but I have seen it several times about the flowers of the Agave.”

Dr. Taczanowski further adds that a specimen is in Dr. Raimondi’s collection from Paucal. Count von Berlepsch believes that the species ought to be separated generically, as its form differs widely from that of the members of the genus Agyrtria.

The following is a translation of Dr. Sclater’s original description:—

More metallic green, with a coppery gloss on the head; the feathers ashy underneath; wings dusky, the coverts like the back; the tail equal, uniform with the back, with a coppery tinge towards the tip, underneath dusky, coppery green towards the tip; the under surface of the body white, washed with pale ashy ou the sides, and especially on the vent; the whole of the throat covered with tiny heart-shaped spots of shining green; the bill strong and slightly curved.

[R. B. S.]

References

  • Thaumasius taczanowskii, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879, p. 146. —Tacz. tom. cit. p. 239.-—Id. Proce. Zool. Soc. 1880, p. 208.
  • Leucolia taczanowskii, Eudes-Deslongchamps, Cat. Deser. Trochil. i. p. 301.
  • Thaumatias taczanowskii, Tacz. Orn. Pérou, i. p. 405 (1884).

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