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towards the tail, and full towards the shank. Wings four, 

 two below from the starling's wing, and the upper two 

 from the partridge's tail. 



THE SPIDER-FLY. Body of lead-colored floss-silk; 

 legs of a small black cock's hackle below and above, with a 

 hackle made from the woodcock's feather, taken from near 

 the butt-end of the wing. Hook No. 7. 



THE LITTLE IRON-BLUE. Body of slate-colored mo- 

 hair ; tail of two fine hairs from a dark sable ; legs of a 

 fine dun cock's hackle ; wings of the coot's or starling's 

 wing- feather. Hook No. 9 or 10. 



THE BLUE-BLOW. Body of mole's fur; wings of 

 the tomtit's tail-feather. Hook No. 14. 



THE HARE'S EAR AND YELLOW. Body the dark fur 

 of a hare's ear, mixed with a little yellow mohair ; wings 

 of a starling's feather. Hook No. 8. 



THE ANT-FLIES are of four kinds the large and small 

 red, and the large and small black. The red are tied on 

 Nos. 7 and 12. Body of amber mohair, made large 

 towards the tail ; legs of a red cock's hackle ; wings of a 

 starling's feather. The black have a body of black ostrich 

 herl, with a black hackle for legs ; wings of the blue 

 feather of the jay's wing. 



THE MEALY- WHITE NIGHT-FLY. Body white rabbit- 

 fur, made fully as large as a straw on a No. 5 hook ; legs 

 of a downy white hackle ; wings of the soft mealy feathers 

 of the white-owl. 



THE MEALY-BROWN NIGHT-FLY. Body of the same 

 size as the preceding, made of the fur of a tabby-rabbit ; 



