APPENDIX 223 



IV. Built- Wings continued : 



1. Butcher* (hook, Ij to 2 inches) continued: 



Butt : Black herl. 



Body : Fiery brown, pale blue, claret, and 

 dark blue Seal's fur in equal sections 

 (picked out). 



Ribs : Flat silver tinsel and twist. 



Hackle : A dark claret or black hackle. 



Throat : A lemon hackle followed by 

 Speckled Gallina. 



Wings : A pair of tippets (back to back), 

 covered by a pair of Golden Pheasant 

 breast feathers, and these by a pair of broad 

 strips of Teal; "married" narrow strips 

 of yellow Swan and Bustard, scarlet and 

 blue Swan, orange Swan, and Golden 

 Pheasant tail ; strips of brown Mallard over 

 (rather broad). 



Cheeks : Blue Chatterer ; a topping over all 

 (sometimes there is no topping). 



Horns : Blue and Yellow Macaw. 



2. Dusty Miller t (hook, 1 J to 3 inches). 



Tag : Silver thread and golden yellow floss. 



Tail : A topping and Indian Crow. 



Butt: Black herl. 



Body : First two - thirds, embossed silver 



tinsel ; remainder, orange floss. 

 Ribs : Fine oval silver tinsel. 

 Hackle : A golden olive hackle over the 



orange floss only (sometimes the hackle is 



omitted). 



* See Plate I. t See Plate V. 



