228 SALMON FLIES 



V I . Topping- Wings continued : 



1. Black Prince* (hook, f to 1^ inches) continued : 



Body : Flat silver tinsel in three joints, each 

 joint butted with black herl and veiled 

 above and below with the small black 

 feather from the back of the head and 

 neck of the Indian Crow, or (almost as 

 good) the greenish-bronze feather from 

 the corresponding part of the common 

 English cock Pheasant. 



Throat : A black hackle. 



Wings : Six (or more) toppings. 



Horns : Blue and Yellow Macaw. 



2. Canary* (hook, J to Ij inches). 



Tag : Gold tinsel. 



Tail : A topping and Indian Crow. 



Body : Flat silver tinsel in two joints, each 

 joint butted with black herl, and veiled 

 above and below with three or more Toucan 

 feathers. 



Throat : Cock of the Rock. 



Wings : Six (or more) toppings. 



Horns : Scarlet Macaw. 



3. Variegated Sun Fly t (hook, f to Ij- inches). 



Tag : Silver thread and pale blue floss. 



Tail : A topping and Cock of the Rock (in 



strands). 

 Body : Black, yellow and orange Berlin wool 



wound round together. 

 Throat : A black hackle. 

 Wings : Six (or more) toppings. 



* See Plate V. f See Plate IX. 



