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parrot
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(
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Les plus gros [perroquet] sont plus gros qu’in pigeon, text attributed to
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.
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Perroquet,
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., in Alby, J., &amp; Serviable, M (eds.) 1993: 45.
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, pl.7, figs. 1–2.
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[1873]: 18, pl.15, fig. a–b.
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:
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Anterior portion of rostrum designated by
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, pl. 7, figs. 1–2), whereabouts now uncertain. A specimen catalogued as
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matches Milne-Edwards’ description and drawing of the
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. It was sent by Milne-Edwards to Alfred Newton, Cambridge, some time after 1880 and is still in the collection. This specimen might be the missing
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but confirming data are lacking.
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF2611DA0D6FA0EFE78F9B2" bold="true" box="[198,391,1525,1551]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Measurements:</emphasis>
See Appendix 3, tables 1–11.
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF2611DA0D6F9E6FE8FF98A" bold="true" box="[198,368,1565,1591]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Type locality:</emphasis>
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Island, Mascarenes
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF2611DA0D6F9BEFE96F9E2" bold="true" box="[198,361,1605,1631]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingRegion id="6E5651D4FFF2611DA160F9BEFE17F9E2" box="[368,488,1605,1631]" country="Mauritius" name="Rodrigues" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Rodrigues</collectingRegion>
Island, Mascarenes
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF2611DA0D6F996FEA8F93A" bold="true" box="[198,343,1645,1671]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Etymology:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF2611DA14FF996FE14F93B" box="[351,491,1645,1670]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">rodericanus</emphasis>
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, of
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, the island having been named in honour of the Portuguese navigator Diego Rodriguez, who discovered it in 1528.
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF2611DA0D6F946FE4FF96A" bold="true" box="[198,432,1725,1751]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Referred material:</emphasis>
Subfossil elements collected from the Plaine Corail,
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: cranium UMZC 562; rostrum UMZC 562; mandible UMZC 562; UMZC 575; BMNH A1455(d); humerus BMNH A1455(R); BMNH A1455(R); BMNH A1455(R); BMNH A1455(L); BMNH A1455(L); BMNH A1455(L); FLMR R205 (L); coracoid BMNH A1455(R); BMNH A1455(L); u/c (L); ulna BMNH A1455(R); BMNH A1455(L); (Rp); (Lp); FLMR R205 (R); carpometacarpus (Ld); (Rd); femur UMZC A1455(R); UMZC A1455(Lp); (Ld); FLMR R141(Lp); FLMR R34(Rd); tibiotarsus UMZC A1455(R); UMZC A1455(L); FLMR R205 (Rp); FLMR R205 (Ld) tarsometatarsus BMNH A1455(L). At least 4 individuals are represented, including one partial associated skeleton.
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA087F88EFED7F830" bold="true" box="[151,296,1909,1933]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">FIGURE 14.</emphasis>
Author's scaled drawing of the Mascarene parrots, based on skins and skeletal evidence, in comparison with species of
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<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFF3611CA155F86DFE4AF810" box="[325,437,1942,1965]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Psittacula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Psittacula</taxonomicName>
.
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<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFF3611CA1F4F86DFD51F810" baseAuthorityName="Low" baseAuthorityYear="1994" box="[484,686,1942,1965]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Psittacula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="krameri">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA1F4F86DFD51F810" box="[484,686,1942,1965]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Psittacula krameri</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA2F1F86DFC77F810" box="[737,904,1942,1965]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Psittacula echo</emphasis>
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;
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;
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;
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA593F86EFA63F810" bold="true" box="[1411,1436,1941,1965]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">E,</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFF3611CA087F84DFEB8F870" baseAuthorityName="Newton" baseAuthorityYear="1872" box="[151,327,1974,1997]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Psittacula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exsul">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA087F84DFEB8F870" box="[151,327,1974,1997]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Psittacula exsul</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA14BF84EFE90F870" bold="true" box="[347,367,1973,1997]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">F,</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFF3611CA16CF84DFDB7F870" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" baseAuthorityName="Holyoak" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[380,584,1974,1997]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Psittacula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bensoni" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA16CF84DFDB7F870" box="[380,584,1974,1997]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Psittacula bensoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="85D5FE5FFFF3611CA244F84EFD2FF870" box="[596,720,1973,1997]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" rank="species">new comb.</taxonomicNameLabel>
;
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA2F4F84EFD03F870" bold="true" box="[740,764,1973,1997]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">G,</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFF3611CA319F84DFBF0F870" authority="mascarinus" authorityName="mascarinus (Linnaeus" authorityYear="1771" box="[777,1039,1974,1997]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Mascarinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mascarinus">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA319F84DFBF0F870" box="[777,1039,1974,1997]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Mascarinus mascarinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA433F84EFBC1F870" bold="true" box="[1059,1086,1973,1997]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">H,</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFF3611CA45BF84DFA88F870" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1867" box="[1099,1399,1974,1997]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Necropsittacus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rodericanus">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA45BF84DFA88F870" box="[1099,1399,1974,1997]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Necropsittacus rodericanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA59BF84EFA63F870" bold="true" box="[1419,1436,1973,1997]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">I,</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFF3611CA087F82DFE3EF850" baseAuthorityName="Owen" baseAuthorityYear="1866" box="[151,449,2006,2029]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Lophopsittacus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mauritianus">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA087F82DFE3EF850" box="[151,449,2006,2029]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Lophopsittacus mauritianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Type B = female);
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA28AF82EFD51F850" bold="true" box="[666,686,2005,2029]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">J,</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFF3611CA2A4F82DFC20F850" baseAuthorityName="Owen" baseAuthorityYear="1866" box="[692,991,2006,2029]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Lophopsittacus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mauritianus">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFF3611CA2A4F82DFC20F850" box="[692,991,2006,2029]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Lophopsittacus mauritianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Type A = male).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="AC2D9F36FFCC6123A087F8D9FDC8F85A" blockId="32.[151,1436,1826,2023]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCC6123A087F8D9FED9F887" bold="true" box="[151,294,1826,1850]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">FIGURE 15.</emphasis>
Author's scaled drawing illustrating the morphologies of the larger endemic Mascarene parrots.
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCC6123A535F8D9FABFF887" bold="true" box="[1317,1344,1826,1850]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">A,</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCC6123A555F8D9FE91F8E1" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Necropsittacus rodericanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(extremely large head and jaws, comparatively small body with long tail);
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCC6123A49BF8BEFB5BF8E0" bold="true" box="[1163,1188,1861,1885]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">B,</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFCC6123A4BAF8BEFF27F8C2" baseAuthorityName="Owen" baseAuthorityYear="1866" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Lophopsittacus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mauritianus">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCC6123A4BAF8BEFF27F8C2" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Lophopsittacus mauritianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(frontal crest, extremely large head and jaws, comparatively small body with long graduated tail, the two central tail feathers longer than the rest);
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCC6123A1EDF871FDE8F81F" bold="true" box="[509,535,1930,1954]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">C,</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFCC6123A20DF871FD1CF81C" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" baseAuthorityName="Holyoak" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[541,739,1930,1953]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Psittacula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bensoni" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCC6123A20DF871FD1CF81C" box="[541,739,1930,1953]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Psittacula bensoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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(typical
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCC6123A3D3F871FBD0F81C" box="[963,1071,1930,1953]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Psittacula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
morphology, most similar to
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCC6123A57AF871FEC3F879" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Psittacula eupatria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
);
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCC6123A144F856FE90F878" bold="true" box="[340,367,1965,1989]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">D,</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFCC6123A166F856FD88F879" authority="mascarinus" authorityName="mascarinus (Linnaeus" authorityYear="1771" box="[374,631,1965,1988]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Mascarinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mascarinus">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCC6123A166F856FD88F879" box="[374,631,1965,1988]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Mascarinus mascarinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(comparatively large head and jaws, stocky body with a moderately long, broad and rounded, not graduated tail).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="E488CCBDFFCD6122A0D6FF6CFDE0FF0F" box="[198,543,151,178]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="AC2D9F36FFCD6122A0D6FF6CFDE0FF0F" blockId="33.[151,1436,151,618]" box="[198,543,151,178]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A0D6FF6CFEB7FF0C" bold="true" box="[198,328,151,177]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
As for the genus.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E488CCBDFFCD6122A0D6FF44FCF7FF67" box="[198,776,191,218]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="description">
<paragraph id="AC2D9F36FFCD6122A0D6FF44FCF7FF67" blockId="33.[151,1436,151,618]" box="[198,776,191,218]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A0D6FF44FDCEFF64" bold="true" box="[198,561,191,217]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Description and comparison:</emphasis>
See Appendix 2e.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E488CCBDFFCD6122A0D6FF1CFB5AF8A2" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="AC2D9F36FFCD6122A0D6FF1CFDC6FDFF" blockId="33.[151,1436,151,618]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A0D6FF1CFEBEFEBC" bold="true" box="[198,321,231,257]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Remarks:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A15BFF13FE05FEBC" box="[331,506,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Necropsittacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was smaller than female
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A33CFF13FC20FEBC" box="[812,991,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Lophopsittacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g. 32% in the tibiotarsus), but had pectoral elements of equivalent size and had proportionally the largest head and jaws of any of the Mascarene parrots (see also
<bibRefCitation id="C803E2C7FFCD6122A14AFEC3FD89FEEF" author="Newton, E. &amp; Gadow, H." box="[346,630,312,338]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" pagination="281 - 302" refId="ref30888" refString="Newton, E., &amp; Gadow, H. (1893) On additional Bones of the Dodo and other Extinct Birds of Mauritius obtained by Mr. Theodore Sauzier. Transactions of the Zoological Society London, XIII, 281 - 302." type="journal article" year="1893">Newton &amp; Gadow 1893</bibRefCitation>
). The pectoral and pelvic elements are comparable in size to the
<collectingCountry id="D485DFA6FFCD6122A575FEC3FF0AFEC7" name="New Zealand" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
Kaka
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFCD6122A155FE9BFDCEFEC4" baseAuthorityName="J.F.Gmelin" baseAuthorityYear="1788" box="[325,561,352,377]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Nestor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meridionalis">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A155FE9BFDCEFEC4" box="[325,561,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Nestor meridionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, so in life it may have looked somewhat similar to
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A48EFE9BFEFDFE1C" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Tanygnathus megalorhynchus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but with an even larger head and longer tail (
<figureCitation id="34A983B3FFCD6122A30DFE73FC82FE1F" box="[797,893,392,418]" captionStart="FIGURE 14" captionStartId="31.[151,255,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[258,1329,194,1883]" captionTargetId="figure-85@31.[258,1329,194,1915]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 14. Author's scaled drawing of the Mascarene parrots, based on skins and skeletal evidence, in comparison with species of Psittacula. A, Psittacula krameri; B, Psittacula echo; C, Psittacula eupatria; D, Psittacula wardi; E, Psittacula exsul; F, Psittacula bensoni new comb.; G, Mascarinus mascarinus; H, Necropsittacus rodericanus; I, Lophopsittacus mauritianus (Type B = female); J, Lophopsittacus mauritianus (Type A = male)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5088216" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5088216/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Figs. 14</figureCitation>
&amp;
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). For lack of sufficient fossil material, it is not at all certain if this species exhibited the distinctive sexual dimorphism seen in
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A4BDFE4BFA9FFE74" box="[1197,1376,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Lophopsittacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and there are also no cranial characteristics to suggest that it may have had a
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A3F3FE23FB69FE4C" box="[995,1174,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Lophopsittacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-
<typeStatus id="73292194FFCD6122A48EFE23FB2DFE4F" box="[1182,1234,472,498]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">type</typeStatus>
crest. Characters of the postcranial skeleton indicate a distant relationship with
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFCD6122A37CFDFBFBE0FDA4" authorityName="Newton" authorityYear="1875" box="[876,1055,512,537]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Lophopsittacus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A37CFDFBFBE0FDA4" box="[876,1055,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Lophopsittacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and there are also some similarities to
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A0FDFDD3FE9BFDFC" box="[237,356,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Psittacula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A18DFDD3FDCDFDFC" box="[413,562,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Tanygnathus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AC2D9F36FFCD6122A0D6FDABFA6AFDD7" blockId="33.[151,1436,151,618]" box="[198,1429,592,618]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
In 1725, Tafforet in 1726 (
<bibRefCitation id="C803E2C7FFCD6122A1EBFDABFD6FFDD7" author="Dupon, J. F." box="[507,656,592,618]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" pagination="1 - 16" refId="ref27991" refString="Dupon, J. F. (1973) Relation de l'isle Rodrigue. Texte attribue a Tafforet, circa 1726. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Arts &amp; Science Mauritius, 4, 1 - 16." type="journal article" year="1973">Dupon 1973</bibRefCitation>
) gave the only detailed description of the
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parrot in life:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AC2D9F36FFCD6122A0D6FD5BFB37FC8F" blockId="33.[151,1436,672,818]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
The largest [=
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A17BFD5BFDE5FD04" box="[363,538,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Necropsittacus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
] are larger than a pigeon, and have a tail very long, the head large as well as the beak. They mostly come on the islets which are to the south of the island, where they eat a small black seed, which produces a small shrub whose leaves have the smell of the orange tree, and come to the mainland to drink water…..they have their plumage green [translation from Cheke &amp; Hume in prep.].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AC2D9F36FFCD6122A0D6FC93FA84FC3F" blockId="33.[198,1403,872,898]" box="[198,1403,872,898]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
Tafforet also mentions a species of tree on which the parrots (presumably
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFCD6122A439FC93FB1CFC3C" baseAuthorityName="Newton" baseAuthorityYear="1872" box="[1065,1251,872,897]" class="Aves" family="Psittacidae" genus="Psittacula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psittaciformes" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exsul">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A439FC93FB1CFC3C" box="[1065,1251,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Psittacula exsul</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as well) fed:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AC2D9F36FFCD6122A0D6FC43FD97FC47" blockId="33.[196,1380,952,1018]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
The “Bois de buis” [=
<taxonomicName id="6B92E4B5FFCD6122A1DFFC43FD53FC6C" box="[463,684,952,977]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" genus="Fernelia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="buxufolia">
<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A1DFFC43FD53FC6C" box="[463,684,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Fernelia buxufolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
] is common there [
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] and very small. The perroquets eat the seeds [my translation].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AC2D9F36FFCD6122A0D6FBDEFD45FAEA" blockId="33.[151,1436,1061,1367]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
Today this shrub is endangered and restricted to a few localities (
<bibRefCitation id="C803E2C7FFCD6122A3C2FBDEFB8FFB82" author="Strahm, W." box="[978,1136,1061,1087]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" refId="ref32226" refString="Strahm, W. (1989) Plant Red Data book for Rodrigues. Konigstein / West Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books, 241 pp." type="book" year="1989">Strahm 1989</bibRefCitation>
). It was considered common during Tafforet’s visit and grew at any altitude on
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including the islets. Even as early as 1725, the parrots were frequenting or nesting on these numerous islets within the
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lagoon as did the nowextinct
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starling
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and
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pigeon ”
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”
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<emphasis id="9EE64324FFCD6122A483FB66FAE0FB0B" box="[1171,1311,1181,1206]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">rodericanus</emphasis>
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. This was also reported by
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and was attributed to the huge rat population inhabiting the mainland. Unfortunately, all of the islets gradually became rat-infested and it can be assumed that
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and other endemic birds of
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disappeared shortly after. In 1761, Pingré regretted most the increasing scarcity of the parrots – because they were so good to eat:
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The perruche [=
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] seemed to me much more delicate [in flavour, compared to the flying-fox]. I would not have missed any game from
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if this one had been commoner in Rodrigues; but it begins to become rare. There are even fewer perroquets [=
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], although there were once a big enough quantity according to François Leguat; indeed a little islet south of Rodrigues still retains the name Isle of Parrots [Isle Pierrot] [translation from Cheke and Hume in prep].
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This suggests that both
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parrots had become rare by 1761, the larger
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particularly so. Pingré noted the large number of fires that were lit to clear the vegetation by tortoise hunters, so deforestation as well as direct hunting had probably seriously reduced parrot populations by this time. Pingré’s account is the last mention of
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in life and presumably it died out shortly thereafter.
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