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Description: The Mascarene Parrot (Mascarinus mascarinus) is an extinct species of parrot known from bones, specimens and descriptions to have occurred in the Mascarene island of Réunion, and possibly Mauritius. This illustration is based on an 1893 Keulemans illustration of the specimen in Paris.[1]
Title: Mascarinus
Credit: Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937). (https://archive.org/stream/extinctbirdsatte00roth#page/n297/mode/2up)
Author: John Gerrard Keulemans
Permission: Not in copyright (Public Domain)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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