FIGURE 2 in Reappraisal of the parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from the Mascarene Islands, with comments on their ecology, morphology, and affinities

FIGURE 2. Crania of Mascarene parrots, ventral aspect. A, UMZC578 Lophopsittacus mauritianus (mis-identified as Necropsittacus rodericanus); B, UMZC1551 Lophopsittacus mauritianus. In 1., the fonticuli orbitocraniales form deep pits and are not connected to the cranial cavity by large openings and 2., the two triangular processes projecting ventroanteriorly. Both of these structures are particularly diagnostic in Lophopsittacus; C, UMZC562 Necropsittacus rodericanus. Scale bar = 10mm.