MAY. 49 



shade ; head and shoulders a leady ashy color ; body, a buff 

 or bees'-wax hue and transparency ; with a black spot on 

 each joint along the back, and a small black line on each 

 side, the three last joints darkest. Belly and thighs buff, 

 darkening to the feet ; breast dark ; eyes brown. Is a land 

 fly, found often on the buts of oak, ash, or other trees ; 

 generally with their heads downwards ; and may often be 

 seen in great numbers, flying about the hedges, from the 

 middle of this month through June ; and is a fine fleshy 

 and rich colored fly sometimes fished natural. 



Dressed with various materials : wings from the wood- 

 cock or partridge, or winged and legged with a bittern 

 hackle, or a yellow brown freckled hen ; body, yellow or 

 pale amber silk, with open rounds of deep red brown ; 

 shoulders, tinged with water-rat or squirrel's ashy fur. 



57TH. SPOTTED SPINNER. Length half an inch ; wings 

 half an inch, of a light transparent ground, beautifully 

 spotted with rich dark brown, and reddish towards the 

 shoulders, which, with the body, are of an ashy leady hue, 

 with green and various reflections ; some are a fine light 

 blue or azure, darkest on the edge of each joint ; thighs, a 

 red dim transparency, darkening to the feet. Appear the 

 middle of this month, and continue through June. 



58TH. LITTLE SPOTTED SPINNER. Full length three- 

 eighths length, a quarter and a sixteenth ; wings the same 

 color as the spotted spinner ; clear, marked, and spotted 

 with dark brown ; body and shoulders darkish brown, with 

 gilded reflections in the sun ; legs a light brown dim trans- 

 parency. Is out in the afternoon and evenings, from the 

 middle of this month through June. 



Rankly freckled feather, of neutral ground, may be selec- 

 ted from the wild mallard or teal, for the wings of these 

 two flies, which are nearly similar in colors ; body, dull 



