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Chrysuronia Josephinæ

Chrysuronia Josephinæ

Josephine’s Humming-bird

Pl. 326, Vol. V · p.326 · 1861 · Gould's Hummingbirds · · 1849-1887

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. 326, Vol. V
原书页码
p.326
授权
CC0 1.0 Universal (Public domain)

十观

  • 纵幅 1.39∶1
  • 1861 年刊
  • 图版 326, Vol. V

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。画面主体为 Chrysuronia Josephinæ,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. 326, Vol. V,对应原书第 326 页,版式为纵幅。图像由公有领域原件扫描修复而来,细节在放大视图中仍清晰可辨。

原书文字(英文 / 法文)

The upper parts of the River Amazon, where specimens were procured by Mr. Bates

Josephine’s Humming-bird is one of those species with which we are but little acquainted: my own collection contains two examples; one of these I purchased in Paris; the other I received direct from the Upper Amazon, where it was procured by Mr. Bates, a thorough naturalist, endowed with courage, energy, and perseverance fully equal to the performance of the task he has undertaken—that of exploring the rich districts of the Upper Amazon.

England may indeed be proud of two such sons as Wallace and Bates, to whom zoologists especially must feel grateful for a vast extension of their scientific knowledge.

In point of affinity this species is very closely allied to the well-known Chrysuronia Œnone; like that bird it has a splendid golden-bronzy tail; but the rich blue which adorns the throat as well as the head of that species is confined to the head alone in C. Josephine, the whole of whose under surface is green. We really have seen so little of this bird that it is unsafe to say whether the female be or be not contained in our collections; but I may predict that, when discovered, she will be found to differ very little from the female of C. Œnone.

This species has been dedicated by MM. Bourcier and Mulsant to Madame Julien Lacroix.

Crown of the head rich deep blue, tinged in some specimens with green; upper surface and wing-coverts golden green; under surface shining grass-green; wings purplish brown; upper tail-coverts coppery bronze; tail fine golden bronze in some examples, and rich coppery bronze in others; under tail-coverts golden bronze fringed with grey; upper mandible black; under mandible for four-fifths of its length apparently fleshy white, the tip darker.

The figures are of the natural size.

References

  • Ormsmyia Josephinæ, Boure. and Muls. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 272.
  • Trochilus Josephinæ, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. ii. Supp. App. 30a., App. to p. 103.
  • Chrysuronia Josephinæ, Reich. Auf. der Col., p. 9.
  • Chrysuronia josephina, Bonap. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 254.

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