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NECROPSITTACUS (?) BORBONICUS 



(Plate 8.) NOM. NOV. 



THIS parrot is described by the Sieur D.B. (Dubois) in the following 

 terms : — " Body the size of a large pigeon, green ; head, tail and 

 upper part of wings the colour of fire." As he compares it with 

 the other parrots which are true Palaeomis, it is evident that this bird 

 must have been a Necrofisittacus. 



This description is the sole evidence we have of the existence of 

 this bird. 



Habitat : Bourbon or Reunion. 



NECROPSITTACUS (?) FRANCICUS 



ROTHSCH. 



Necropsittacus francicus Rothsch., Proceedings Int. Ornith. Congress 1905, p. 197 (1907). 



ORIGINAL description: — "Head and tail fiery red, rest of body and 

 wings green." We only know this bird from the descriptions in the 

 various "Voyages" to Mauritius in the 17th and early 18th centuries. 

 Habitat : Mauritius. 



