FURS, WOOLS, AND SILKS FOR SALMON-FLIES. 75 



and yellow macaw and parrot's feathers ; red ibis 

 feathers ; breast-feathers of the toucan ; body and 

 tail-feathers of the trogan ; jay's blue wing- 

 feathers ; kingfisher's blue feathers, near the tail ; 

 blue and red chatterer's feathers ; peacock's wing 

 and tail-feathers; tail-feathers of the kite; mal- 

 lard and teal's feathers, from the back and beneath 

 the wings ; common cock's hackles dyed of every 

 colour ; black ostrich feathers. 



The above feathers, or fibres of them, will 

 make the wings, tails, legs, and heads of all our 

 best salmon-flies. 



Many sorts of fur are used for the bodies ; but 

 pig's wool, or its soft hair or down, and mo- 

 hair dyed every colour, and floss silk of various 

 hues, are the most common materials for the con- 

 struction of the tags, bodies, and heads of salmon- 

 flies. Pig's wool can be easily dyed, and is most 

 valuable, because it resists the water, does not bag 

 or cake in it like sheep's wool, and retains in it 

 its natural or artificial colours. Mohair is excel- 

 lent for the bodies of middle-sized and not over 

 gaudy flies ; floss silks for small gaudy flies. Gold 

 and silver flat tinsel, and round twist of the same 

 colours, are necessary for the ribbing of the ge- 

 nerality of flies. Seal's fur dyed variously, is 



