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毛腿蜂鸟属

Eriocnemis cupreiventris

Eriocnemis cupreiventris

Coppery-bellied Puff-leg

Pl. 270, Vol. IV · p.270 · 1854 · Gould's Hummingbirds · · 1849-1887

中文名
毛腿蜂鸟属
学名
Eriocnemis cupreiventris
合集
古尔德蜂鸟图谱
绘者
John Gould(约翰·古尔德)
年代
1854
图版号
Pl. 270, Vol. IV
原书页码
p.270
授权
CC0 1.0 Universal (Public domain)

十观

  • 纵幅 1.66∶1

第一眼

竖划三寸,当千仞之高;横墨数尺,体百里之迥。

—— 南朝宋·宗炳《画山水序》

三寸的竖线可当千仞高山,几尺横墨能容百里之远。尺幅从来不是障碍,取舍才是本事。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

此图原刊于《古尔德蜂鸟图谱》(Gould's Hummingbirds),绘者为约翰·古尔德,成书于 1849—1887 年间。毛腿蜂鸟(Eriocnemis cupreiventris)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. 270, Vol. IV,见第 270 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)

The Andes in New Granada

The great beauty of the Eriocnemis cupreiventris, and the large size of the white tufts clothing its legs, rendering it a very conspicuous object, it is much sought after by collectors; and, judging from the great number of specimens sent to Europe from Santa Fé de Bogota, it would seem to be one of the most abundant of the Humming-birds inhabiting that country.

It evinces a preference for the temperate regions lying at an elevation of from six to nine thousand feet, and appears never to visit the colder districts above or the warmer valleys below. From the circumstance of no examples occurring in collections from any other part of South America than Columbia, it would seem that its range is of limited extent.

The sexes are very much alike, and both have the white muff-like decoration on the leg, but it is not so much developed in the female as in the male; the young is also very similar, but differs in having the throat dull brownish black instead of luminous green.

The male has the crown of the head, sides of the neck, back and wing-coverts bronzy green, passing into bright shining green on the upper tail-coverts; wings purplish brown; tail purplish black; throat shining green; under surface golden green, passing into a rich coppery hue on the abdomen; leg-ruffs snow-white; under tail-coverts rich shining lazuline blue; bill black; feet brown.

The figures are of the size of life.

References

  • Trochilus cupreventris, Fras. in Proc. Zool. Soc., Part viii. p. 40.
  • Ornismya vestita ♀, Longuem., Less. in Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 314?
  • Ornismya maniculata, Less.?
  • Hylocharis cupreoventris, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 114, Hylocharis, sp. 3.
  • Eriopus cupreiventris, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., p. 80, Eriopus, sp. 3.

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