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辉尾蜂鸟属·Metallura Williami

Metallura Williami

Metallura Williami

Purple-Tail

Pl. 193, Vol. III · p.193 · 1852 · Gould's Hummingbirds · · 1849-1887

中文名
辉尾蜂鸟属·Metallura Williami
学名
Metallura Williami
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. 193, Vol. III
原书页码
p.193
授权
CC0 1.0 Universal (Public domain)

十观

  • 纵幅 1.52∶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

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。辉尾蜂鸟(Metallura Williami)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. 193, Vol. III,见第 193 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)

Popayan

The rich and little known country of Popayan, in New Grenada, is the favourite residence or habitat of this rare species, which is in every respect a true Metallura, and which, even with the most careless glance, cannot be confounded with any one of the already known species.

In size it is intermediate between M. smaragdinicollis and M. æneicauda; but it differs from those, and every other species of the genus, in its sombre or obscure style of colouring, and particularly in the deep and peculiar violaceous blue colouring of the tail.

With regard to any difference in the plumage of the sexes, I can say but little. The specimen in my collection, which is supposed to be a female, has the entire under surface mottled with green and buff; in other respects she is similarly clothed to the male.

This species has been named in honour of Mr. William S. Wilson of Paris, brother of Dr. T. B. Wilson of Philadelphia, who has so largely enriched the fine collection of natural history in the Academy of Sciences of that city.

The male has the head and the whole of the upper and under surface and wing-coverts deep green, a very small spot of greyish white behind the eye; on the throat the green is lighter and brilliant; tail sordid purplish green above, beneath deep violet; bill black.

The female is very similar, but has no trace of the bright green on the throat. The description of this sex is necessarily imperfect, as I have only an indifferent specimen to describe from.

The figures are of the natural size. The plant is the Macleania punctata.

References

  • Trochilus Williami, Bourc. et De Latt. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 308.
  • Mellisuga Williami, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 112, Mellisuga, sp. 38.
  • Metallura William, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., p. 75, Metallura, sp. 5.—Reich. Auf. der Col., p. 8.
  • Metallura william, Bonap. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253.

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