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红背红尾鸲

Erythronota niveiventris

Erythronota niveiventris

White-breasted Erythronote

Pl. 319, Vol. V · p.319 · 1861 · Gould's Hummingbirds · · 1849-1887

中文名
红背红尾鸲
学名
Erythronota niveiventris
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. 319, Vol. V
原书页码
p.319
授权
CC0 1.0 Universal (Public domain)

十观

  • 纵幅 1.41∶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

《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。画面主体是红背红尾鸲(Erythronota niveiventris),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. 319, Vol. V,对应原书第 319 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)

Panama and Veragua

This species is very nearly allied to the Erythronota Edwardi; it is, however, a somewhat stouter bird, and is otherwise distinguishable by the lesser brilliance of the back and upper surface, and by the blackness of its tail.

Its native country is Veragua, whence I have received several examples direct; I have also a specimen procured by Dr. Berthold Seemann in Panama, and another collected by M. Warszewicz near David, at an elevation of between 5000 and 10,000 feet above the sea-level.

The whiteness of the abdomen of this species and its near ally is a character which at once separates them from the type of the genus, the Common Erythronote of Trinidad and Guiana.

The Erythronota niveiventris is at present very rare, as I know of no other examples in Europe but those contained in my own collection.

As far as I can judge, there is but little difference in the colouring of the sexes; the specimen procured by Dr. Seemann has, however, more white on the abdomen, less green on the throat, and the outer tailfeathers slightly tipped with a lighter colour, which distinctions may perhaps be characteristic of the female.

Head and upper surface green, passing into coppery red on the wing-coverts, lower part of the back and upper tail-coverts; wings dark purplish brown; tail purplish black; throat, breast and flanks luminous grass-green; abdomen white; under tail-coverts brown, fringed with white; upper mandible black; lower mandible flesh-colour.

The figures on the Plate are of the size of life. The plant is the Passiflora Medusæa.

References

  • Trochilus (–––?) niveoventer, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., part xviii. p. 164.
  • Thaumantias niveiventer, Bonap. Rey. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 255.
  • Saucerottia niveiventer, Reichenb. Aufz. der Colibris, p. 8.

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