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blue at the edges. Head, shoulders, body, and thighs, a 

 dark brown dun color, with the light side marks on the 

 body ; legs and feet a light stone color. Is hatching this 

 month, and out in the daytime and evenings, into August, 

 when they may be seen on bridges or on spider webs. 



Wings from a blackbird's wing feather that has a reddish 

 tinge on the under side ; body coppery silk, tinged with 

 water-rat's fur ; hen hackle or hairs from the hare's ear for 

 legs. 



75TH. BLACK DuN. 40 Full length, three-eighths to near 

 half an inch ; length, a quarter or better ; feelers, five- 

 eighths to an inch. Is altogether of the bright black hue 

 of the crow ; the legs and feelers rather browned. Hatches 

 this month. Small groups may be seen flying near the 

 edges of the navigation, at 6 p.m., through July. 



Wings from the water-hen, coot, or crow ; body and 

 shoulders dark leady brown silk, with a few fibres of dark 

 brown mohair at the breast for legs. 



76. WHITE DuN 41 (or Bustard). Full length near or 

 about an inch ; length, three quarters to seven-eighths. The 

 top wings are near seven-eighths, and slant down over the 

 sides, like the duns. The top sides are a glossy silvery white, 

 the under-sides freckled with brown the other parts are 

 all of a light tawny amber, and yellow shades. The breast, 

 head, shoulders, and body, are thickly laid with a fine down 

 of the same hues, with a long yellow silken fringe at the 

 back of each thigh. The shoulders are thick, and about 



(40] Vide the preceding note. 



(41) In Yorkshire, night fishing with the natural " Bustard " is little indulged 

 in by anglers, but on the Eden, in the Carlisle and Appleby districts, very heavy 

 baskets of large trout are taken by the local experts ; neither Jackson or Ronalds 

 mention this fly, which is in reality a moth. Mr. Francis gives the following dress- 

 ing for its imitation : body, white crewel or white ostrich harl ; legs, white hen's 

 hackle ; and wings, either a couple of slips of white goose feather, or a bit of the 

 soft under wing of the grey owl ; hook No. 5 or 6. 



