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Gouldia Lætitiæ

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Pl. 130, Vol. III · p.130 · 1852 · Gould's Hummingbirds · John Gould · 1849-1887

合集: 古尔德蜂鸟图谱
绘者: John Gould（约翰·古尔德）
年代: 1852
图版号: Pl. 130, Vol. III
原书页码: p.130
授权: CC0 1.0 Universal (Public domain)

十观

纵幅 1.33∶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

本图选自约翰·古尔德的《古尔德蜂鸟图谱》（Gould's Hummingbirds），原书 1849—1887 年间出版。画面主体为 Gouldia Lætitiæ，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. 130, Vol. III，对应原书第 130 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）

Bolivia

Here again I am indebted to M. Bourcier, this gentleman having kindly lent me his unique specimen of this, the fourth species of the genus Gouldia, and one of the most interesting of the Trochilidæ.

1 regret to say, that the female is at present unknown; in the absence, then, of that sex, I have figured the male in two positions on the accompanying Plate. It will scarcely be necessary to point out the distinguishing characters of this species, as, by even the most cursory glance at the figures given of this and the other members of the genus, they will at once be seen; I may state, however, that they consist in the brilliant colouring, not only of the face alone, but of the entire head, in the smaller size of the tail, and in the pointed form of the outer feathers of that organ. The white mark on the rump is common to all the members of the genus.

MM. Bourcier and Mulsant, who first described the species, state that it is a native of Bolivia, and that they have dedicated it “à la jeune enfant de M^me. la Marquise Delgallo, fille de '’un des Ornithologistes les plus célèbres de l'Europe, M. le Prince Charles Bonaparte.”

Head, face, throat and breast glittering green, tinged with a golden hue on the crown, and at the sides of the neck and lower part of the breast; upper surface golden brown, changing to coppery brown on the rump, across which is the usual band of white; first row of upper tail-coverts violet-red, the remainder golden green; wings purplish brown; tail bluish black; flanks golden; abdomen green, ornamented on the upper part with a patch of white feathers bordered with green; vent grey; under tail-coverts dark golden green, bordered with violaceous black, and narrowly fringed with fulvous; bill brown.

The figures are of the natural size.