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Ionolæma whitleyana

Ionolæma whitleyana

Whitely’s Humming-bird

Pl. 372, Suppl. Vol. · p.372 · 1887 · 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
1887
图版号
Pl. 372, Suppl. Vol.
原书页码
p.372
授权
CC0 1.0 Universal (Public domain)

十观

  • 纵幅 1.41∶1

第一眼

真山水之川谷,远望之以取其势,近看之以取其质。

—— 宋·郭熙《林泉高致·山水训》

远看取其气势,近看取其质地。八个字,就是看画的两步:先退后看整体,再凑近看笔与色。看花鸟图版一样管用。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 Ionolæma whitleyana,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. 372, Suppl. Vol.,对应原书第 372 页,版式为纵幅。扫描件取自公有领域原件,经高分辨率修复与色彩校正,可按原大放大查看线条与设色。

原书文字(英文 / 法文)

Four species of the genus Ionolæma are now known, two of them having a brilliant metallic spot on the forehead, viz. I. frontalis and I. whitelyana, and two which have no bright spot, I. luminosa and I. schreibersi.

The present bird differs from I. frontalis in having the breast green instead of black: it was discovered by Mr. Henry Whitely at Cosnipata in the province of Cuzco, Peru, in August 1871, at an elevation of 2300 feet above the level of the sea.

Mr. Whitely states that he found the bird very rare, having only met with a male in August, and a female on the 21st of May, 1871. He states that it “frequents flowering plants at the tops of the loftiest trees in the depths of the forest, at nearly all times out of range of gun-shot. Very powerful in flight, and darts from flower to flower with extraordinary rapidity.”

The following description was given by me in the volume of the ‘Annals’ mentioned above:—

Male. Crown, all the upper surface and flanks deep grass-green; an obscure glittering mark on the forehead; chin, chest, and centre of the abdomen jet-black with a broad gorget of beautiful violet on the throat; the bill, which is stout and straight, is black, as are also the legs and toes; the tail and under tailcoverts steel-black; primaries and secondaries purplish brown, the external edge of the outer primary reddish brown. Total length 514 inches, bill 118, wing 3, tail 214.

Mr. Whitely gives the soft parts as follows: “Bill black; eye dark hazel; legs, toes, and claws black.”

The specimens figured in the Plate are the original ones procured by Mr. Whitely, and now in my collection.

References

  • Iolæma whiteleyana, Gould, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) x. p. 452 (1872).—Sclater & Salvin, Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 82 (1872).—Whitely, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18738, p. 188. —Muls. Hist. Nat. Oiseaux-Mouches, ii. p. 141 (1876).
  • Ionolæma whitelyana, Elliot, Synopsis of the Humming-Birds, p. 59 (1878).
  • Ionolaima whitelyana, Eudes-Deslongchamps, Annuaire Mus. d’Hist. Nat. Caen, i. p. 276 (1880).

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