74 BEST FEATHERS FOR SALMON-FLIES. 



cury falling, no salmon Avill be seen rising ex- 

 cept for pastime or something of that sort ; with 

 mercury rising, salmon will rise too, not for 

 pastime, but for pasture, if the -pro^per pabiduni be 

 presented to them. I now proceed to enumerate 

 the materials, not all of them, but pretty nearly 

 all, of which salmon-flies are made. 



Feathers, Fur, and so forth, for Salmon- 

 Flies. — The chief feathers are, golden pheasant 

 crest-feathers, commonly called " toppings;" neck, 

 breast, rump, and tail-feathers of the same bird, 

 and frequently some of the back-feathers; wing, 

 tail, and body -feathers of the silver pheasant ; tail 

 and wing-feathers of the Argus pheasant, and 

 the crest-feathers of the Hymalayan pheasant; 

 wdng, tail, and body- feathers of the bustard ; 

 back, rump, and tail-feathers of the guinea-hen ; 

 feathers from the body and tail of the jungle-cock 

 and cock of the rock ; turkey tall-feathers of 

 nearly all colours ; large common cock's hackles 

 of every hue ; wood-duck's feathers, those tipped 

 with black and white lines, and found on each 

 side, just above the tail ; back-feathers, down to 

 the tail, of the shovel-duck ; body, w^ing, and tail- 

 feathers of the heron ; neck, body, wing, and tail- 

 feathers of the bittern; light brown rump and 

 neck-feathers of the grouse ; red, green, blue. 



