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had not listed waterfowl in his 1705 report, de la
Merveille's record is obviously based on obsolete hearsay information. The last reliable RĂ©union record of the species appears to be the report of
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The bird became extinct on both islands almost simultaneously and for the same reason: overhunting. On
Mauritius, the "grey teals" were found in "great numbers" in 1681, but in 1693,
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