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17. THE BROWN EAGLE. 



Both this fly and the yellow eagle (No. 18) are 

 more especially Scotch patterns. 

 The brown eagle is thus dressed : 



Tag : Silver twist and light-blue floss-silk. 



Tail : Green parrot, summer dock, and fibres of 



tippet. 



Butt : Black ostrich. 

 Body : Two turns of light-brown floss-silk, the 



rest of orange fur, ribbed with oval gold tinsel. 

 Hackle : Dark-gray down of the golden eagle, 



from the light-brown floss-silk upwards. 

 Shoulder : A small quantity of teal. 

 Wings : Strips of dark-brown turkey feather, with 



the white tip extending flatwise and outward 



from the top of the iron at an angle of 1 5. 

 Horns : Red rnacaw. 

 Head : Black wool. 



I think, but am not sure, that the dressings 

 which I here give of these two flies are Major 

 Traherne's. 



1 8. THE YELLOW EAGLE. 

 Tag : Silver thread. 

 Tail : Sprigs of golden-pheasant tippet-feather, or 



the red rump feather from the same bird. 

 Body : Scarlet seal's fur, or yellow and scarlet 



seal's fur in two equal joints, ribbed with flat 



silver tinsel and silver cord in wide spirals. 



