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with black "lists." Some have the fibres 

 tipped with black, and are then sometimes 

 paradoxically enough known as " white cochy- 

 bondhu." They are very effective on bodies 

 of black floss or silver tinsel. 



Grizzled or cuckoo hackles are supplied by 

 pure-bred Plymouth Rocks, and are easy 

 enough to obtain good. They are grey, with 

 darker grey mottlings. Some have a yellowish 

 or brownish tinge. These are not the best. 



Dim hackles blue, rusty, and honey duns 

 are only found on Blue Andalusians or Blue 

 Game cocks, and very often the same bird will 

 have all varieties of duns. These are rather 

 dull feathers for salmon -fly work, and are 

 chiefly used for grubs, especially the honey- 

 dun. 



Red game are most difficult to get, of the 

 proper rich mahogany or reddish-brown tint. 

 A three-year-old Indian Game cock produces 

 the richest hackles, though sometimes a red 

 Bantam cock has some very fine ones of a 

 smaller size. Under the generic name of 

 " red game," all shades of cinnamon and 

 brown are grouped, and various breeds of 

 fowl produce them in varying shades and 



