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Thalurania Columbica

Thalurania Columbica

Columbian Wood-Nymph

Pl. 106, Vol. II · p.106 · 1850 · Gould's Hummingbirds · · 1849-1887

学名
Thalurania Columbica
合集
古尔德蜂鸟图谱
绘者
John Gould(约翰·古尔德)
年代
1850
图版号
Pl. 106, Vol. II
原书页码
p.106
授权
CC0 1.0 Universal (Public domain)

十观

  • 纵幅 1.35∶1

第一眼

六法者何?一、气韵生动是也;二、骨法用笔是也;三、应物象形是也;四、随类赋彩是也;五、经营位置是也;六、传移模写是也。

—— 南齐·谢赫《古画品录》

一千五百年前的六条标准:气韵、用笔、形似、设色、构图、临摹。你在这幅图上一样样对过去,就是一次完整的读画。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。图中描绘的是 Thalurania Columbica,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. 106, Vol. II,见第 106 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)

The hilly parts of New Granada

However highly M. Warszewicz may have extolled the loveliness of the Thalurania venusta, it scarcely exceeds that of the bird here represented, which must also be regarded as a species of great beauty and elegance.

As its name implies, its native country is Columbia, and the chief mart whence specimens are sent to Europe is that great emporium of bird-skins, Santa Fé de Bogota. It differs from all the other known species in its small neat blue cap, and the almost total absence of blue on the back, this colour being more confined to the shoulders; I observe, too, that the green colouring of the throat descends farther down the chest than in T. furcatus, and that this mark, moreover, assumes a more rounded form on its lower margin; the bird is also somewhat larger in size.

The great number of specimens that are sent to Europe—principally to France—testify that the bird is very abundant in the districts visited by the Indian collector. Fortunately, this bird has received only a single specific appellation; but it has been placed in three distinct genera.

The male has the crown of the head, a band across the centre of the back, the lesser wing-coverts, the under wing-coverts, the abdomen, flanks and under tail-coverts of a lovely blue; back of the head and neck, back and greater wing-coverts black in some lights, deep green in others; throat and breast shining grassgreen; wings purplish brown; upper tail-coverts and tail black, glossed with steel-blue.

The female is golden green above, grey beneath; tail green at the base, the apical portion steel-blue, all but the two middle feathers tipped with greyish white.

The figures are of the natural size. The plant is the Gualtheria bracteata.

References

  • Ormsmya Colombica, Bourc. et Muls. Rey. Zool. 1843, p. 2.—Ib. Ann. de la Soe. Sci. de Lyon, 1843, pl. 6.
  • Polytmus Columbicus, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 108, Polytmus, sp. 60.
  • Thalurana Columbiana, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., part xx. p. 8.
  • Thalurana colombica, Bonap. Rey. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 254.
  • Thalurana columbica, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col., p. 7.

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