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Captive birds on Dutch Mauritius: bad-tempered parrots, warty pigeons and notes on other native animals

Julian P. HumeBird Group, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Akeman St, Tring, HertsHP23 6AP, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ria WintersUniversity Library Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands;World Parrot Trust, Hayle, Cornwall;Artists for Conservation, Vancouver, Canada
Pages 812-822 | Received 05 Feb 2015, Accepted 29 Mar 2015, Published online: 27 Apr 2015

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