356 ROD AND RIVER 



38. THE NEPENTHIAN. 



Tag : Silver twist and light-plum claret floss-silk. 



Tail : A topping. 



Butt : Black ostrich. 



Body : In four equal sections of silk, ribbed 

 throughout, with small oval silver tinsel. 

 Commencing from the tail end, the colours are : 

 yellow, dark blue, orange, and dark orange. 

 They are all butted with black ostrich, and 

 with feathers above and below, as in the pre- 

 ceding fly. The first of these are toucan, the 

 second blue chatterer, the third and fourth 

 Indian crow, graduated. 



Wings : Double tippet-feathers, back to back, 

 enveloping two long, spotted jungle - cock 

 feathers, which reach to the end of the tail, and 

 with a topping over all. 



Sides : Two summer duck feathers, as in the pre- 

 ceding pattern. 



Cheeks : Chatterer. 



Horns : Blue macaw. 



Head : Black ostrich. 



