FIGURE 20 in Reappraisal of the parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from the Mascarene Islands, with comments on their ecology, morphology, and affinities

FIGURE 20. Cranial elements of Mauritian parrots compared with species of Psittacula: (above) palatines, left side in lateral aspect;(below) mandibles, dorsal aspect. A, UMZCA24AA and F, UMZCA24AA, Lophopsittacus mauritianus (type A, ♂); B, BMNHA3300 and G, BMNH3296, Lophopsittacus mauritianus (type B, ♀); C, UMZC577 and H, UMZC577, Psittacula bensoni, new comb.; D, and I, BMNHS/1999.11.5, Psittacula eupatria ♂; E, and J, BMNHS/ 1975.103.62, Psittacula krameri borealis ♂. Scale bar = 10mm.