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^ING ®ARROT, OR $ARRAKEET. 
Psittacus cyano2')ygus, Russ. 
Synonyms: Asprosmlctus scapulatus, Gld.; Psittacus scapulatus, Khl.; 
Platycercus scapulatus, Vgks.; Platycercus cyanopygus, Fhsch.; etc. 
German: Per Konigs-Sitticli. 
T his Parrot is very generally^ but erroneously, called tbe King 
Lory, for it undoubtedly belongs to tbe Platycerci, and not to 
tbe Lories: it is a large bandsome bird, slightly exceeding tbe well- 
known Grey Parrot in size, and with a very much longer tail: tbe 
bead, neck, and all tbe under surface of tbe body, including tbe under 
tail coverts, are deep red, while tbe back and wings are dark green, 
growing deeper and deeper in shade to tbe tail, which is nearly black; 
tbe under surface of tbe tail feathers is black; the rump is blue, and 
tbe wings are marked with a spot of very light green. Tbe feet are 
leaden grey, tbe upper mandible is orange red, with a black tip, and 
tbe lower black above, and below a dai’k slate grey. 
Tbe female, or Queen, is such a totally different-looking bird, that 
she was formerly considered by naturalists to belong to a different 
species. Tbe general colour of her plumage is dingy green, with a 
reddish shade on the breast, and a deeper tinge of tbe same colour 
on tbe abdomen and tbe under tail coverts: tbe tail is not of such a 
deep blue black green as in tbe male, and she is a trifle smaller than 
her mate. 
Tbe young resemble their mother until their second year, when tbe 
males begin to assume tbe adult plumage. We have met with no 
published record of these bandsome birds breeding in this country, 
but we have been assured than an amateur in an eastern county has 
succeeded more than once in obtaining a brood: and bis mode of 
procedure was one so well calculated to ensure success, that our 
readers will doubtless be grateful to us for detailing tbe modus operandi 
