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美洲蜂鸟属

Amazilia corallirostris

Amazilia corallirostris

Coral-billed Amazili

Pl. 307, Vol. V · p.307 · 1861 · Gould's Hummingbirds · · 1849-1887

中文名
美洲蜂鸟属
学名
Amazilia corallirostris
合集
古尔德蜂鸟图谱
绘者
John Gould(约翰·古尔德)
年代
1861
图版号
Pl. 307, Vol. V
原书页码
p.307
授权
CC0 1.0 Universal (Public domain)

十观

  • 纵幅 1.34∶1

第一眼

凡画山水,意在笔先。

—— 唐·王维《山水论》

下笔之前,心里已经有了整幅画。看画时可以反过来推:画家先定了什么,后添了什么。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

这幅图版出自《古尔德蜂鸟图谱》(Gould's Hummingbirds),由约翰·古尔德绘制,1849—1887 年间出版。美洲蜂鸟(Amazilia corallirostris)是本图的主角,归入蜂鸟科(Trochilidae)。

全编共收录 421 幅图版,本图是其中一幅,原书将其列为 Pl. 307, Vol. V,见第 307 页,版式为纵幅。图为公有领域原件的修复扫描,构图与设色未经改动。

原书文字(英文 / 法文)

Central America

Few of the Humming-birds are more plainly coloured than the Amazilia corallirostris; the tints of the under surface, from the chin to the lower part of the abdomen, being uniform sandy-buff, while on the crown and all the upper surface, a similar uniformity of tint, although of a different hue, prevails; the chestnut-red tail, too, is only relieved by the bronzy tipping of the feathers.

In all the members of this genus, a tendency to a buffy style of plumage occurs, which appears to be carried to a greater extent in the present species than in any other.

The native habitat of this bird is Central America, whence numerous specimens were brought by M. Sallé and others. M. Bourcier gives Escuintla, in the republic of Guatemala, as one of its habitats. None of the examples of this species which have come under my notice present sufficient differences to suggest which are males and which females; the colouring of the sexes in fact appears to be precisely similar.

All the upper surface, wing- and tail-coverts bronzy-brown; wings purplish-brown; tail-feathers deep chestnut, glossed with bronze on their margins and tips; all the under surface sandy-buff; bill said to be red; feet apparently fleshy-brown.

The Plate represents the birds the size of life. The plant is the Rondeletia versicolor.

References

  • Trochilus corallirostris, Bourc. et Muls. Ann. de la Soc. Sci. de Lyon, tom. ix. 1846, p. 328.
  • Polytmus corallirostris, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 109, Polytmus, sp. 74.
  • Amazilius corallirostris, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., p. 77, Amazilius, sp. 5.—Ib. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 254.
  • Amazilia corallirostris, Reich. Aufz. der Col., p. 10.

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