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蓝尾蜂鸟

Amazilia cyanura

Amazilia cyanura

Blue-tailed Amazili

Pl. 315, Vol. V · p.315 · 1861 · Gould's Hummingbirds · · 1849-1887

中文名
蓝尾蜂鸟
学名
Amazilia cyanura
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. 315, Vol. V
原书页码
p.315
授权
CC0 1.0 Universal (Public domain)

十观

  • 纵幅 1.37∶1

第一眼

搜尽奇峰打草稿。

—— 清·石涛《苦瓜和尚画语录》

走遍山川,才有资格落笔。博物画的画家也一样:先在温室与山野里看够了活的花,纸上那一朵才不虚。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

《古尔德蜂鸟图谱》(Gould's Hummingbirds)由约翰·古尔德绘制,1849—1887 年间印行,本图即其中一幅。图中描绘的是蓝尾蜂鸟,学名 Amazilia cyanura,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. 315, Vol. V,对应原书第 315 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)

Pacific side of Nicaragua; Realjo?

All that is known respecting this Humming-bird is, that examples were collected by Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., at Realejo in Nicaragua, and subsequently presented to the Zoological Society of London in the year 1839.

On the dispersion of the Society’s collection they passed into my possession.

The Amazilia cyanura is about the size of A. Dumerili, to which species it is very nearly allied, but from which it differs in the blue colouring of its tail and upper and under tail-coverts, as indeed it does in this respect from all the other members of the genus. Now that the bird is figured, and the attention of collectors called to the subject, I doubt not that the Museums of Europe will soon be supplied with specimens; for myself, I shall hail the arrival of additional examples with pleasure, for it is a fine little bird. It is doubtless common on the Pacific side of Nicaragua generally, and I should say will most certainly be found at Realejo. The two examples I possess are precisely alike in colour.

Head, all the upper surface and wing-coverts dark bronzy green, passing into coppery bronze on the lower part of the back; wings purplish brown; the base of the primaries and secondaries both above and beneath chestnut-red; under surface shining grass-green; upper and under tail-coverts and tail dark steelblue, the under coverts fringed with grey; thighs white.

Total length 312 inches; bill 78; wing 218; tail 114.

In the accompanying Plate the bird is figured of the size of life. The plant is the Arbutus mollis.

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