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Throat : Small speckled guinea-fowl. 



Wings : A few fibres of golden-pheasant tippet- 

 feather, golden-pheasant sword-feather, and 

 peacock herl (sword-feather ?), yellow macaw, 

 red ditto, bustard, golden-pheasant tail, teal, 

 guinea-fowl (as at throat), two strips of mallard, 

 and a topping over all. 



Sides : Jungle-cock, spotted. 



Horns : Blue macaw. 



Head : Black wool. 



28. THE MOHAIR CANARY. 

 A very good and popular fly on most rivers in 

 Britain. 



Tag : Silver twist and yellow floss. 



Tail : A topping, and a few sprigs of golden- 

 pheasant tippet-feather. 



Butt : Black ostrich. 



Body : Three turns of yellow floss and gold- 

 coloured seal's fur, ribbed with oval silver twist. 



Hackle: Gold-coloured, with black centre through- 

 out the seal's fur portion ; a tuft of gold- 

 coloured mohair at the shoulder. 



Wings : Gold-coloured mohair and bronze pea- 

 cock herl, in the proportion of two-thirds of the 

 former to one of the latter, commencing with 

 the mohair and alternating with the peacock 

 herl, the mohair being over all at the top. 



Head : Varnished. 



