 The Mascarene parrot was first mentioned by the French traveller Sieur Dubois in his 1674 travelogue and only described a few times from life afterwards . At least three live specimens were brought to France in the late 18th century and kept in captivity , two of which were described while alive . Today , two stuffed specimens exist . The holotype , specimen MNHN 211 , is in the Muséum National d 'Histoire Naturelle in Paris , while the other , specimen <unk> 50 @.@ 688 , is in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna . The latter specimen was bought from the Leverian Museum during a sale in London in 1806 . A third stuffed specimen existed around the turn of the 18th century . 
