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Wings : Golden-pheasant tippet, ditto tail, tur- 

 key, silver - pheasant, pintail, summer duck 

 (barred), bustard, bright-blue macaw, red parrot, 

 red macaw, large speckled guinea-fowl, mallard, 

 and a topping. 



Horns : Blue macaw. 



Cheeks : Blue chatterer. 



Head : Black ostrich or black wool. 



Mr. Kelson speaks highly of this fly ; and a 

 very beautiful specimen it is of its kind. It is 

 an old standard fly, and takes its name from 

 a Colonel Childers, formerly well-known on the 

 Tweed. 



There are two or three different dressings of 

 this fly, but the above, which is Mr. Kelson's, is 

 the best. 



I give another simpler pattern of the same fly, 

 taken from ' The Salmon-fisher's Pocket Com- 

 panion ': 



10. THE CHILDERS (B). 



Tag : Gold twist and yellow silk. 



Tail : Golden-pheasant and teal. 



Body: From tail to head thus, viz., yellow, 

 orange, and red pig's wool, ribbed with gold 

 tinsel, and hackled with a plain black or red 

 hackle. 



Throat : Blue jay. 



Wing : Mallard, teal, guinea-fowl, bustard, green 



