254 BALLYSHANNON FLIES. 



No. 2. It is to be similar to the c Goldfinch/ 

 except that its body is to be of light-green floss- 

 silk. 



No. 3. Body, claret floss-silk, gold-tinsel, and 

 blue jay-hackle over it; orange tag, and black 

 ostrich head. Wings, broken-up fibres of blue, 

 yellow, and red macaw, guinea-fowl, and golden 

 pheasant tail-feathers ; over the wings, one or two 

 toppings. Hook, No. 5 and 6. 



I consider this one of the best types of a 

 gaudily mixed wing, and one that would suit 

 bodies of other flies, made of materials of plain, 

 Quaker-like colours. 



No. 1. Body, yellow or gold-coloured floss-silk, 

 ribbed with gold tinsel; black ostrich tag, and 

 two toppings for tail ; legs, a bright yellow hackle, 

 from the tail upwards, and a little yellowish-green 

 mohair and blue jay at the shoulder. Wings, two 

 toppings mixed with golden pheasant neck- 

 feathers, and a few fibres of ibis, bustard, mallard, 

 Argus pheasant, peacock wing, yellow macaw, 

 and a little green parrot ; head, black ostrich harl. 

 Hook, No. 6 and 7. 



No. 2. Body, orange floss-silk, ribbed with 

 gold tinsel, a deep orange hackle struck over the 



