490 APPENDIX. NO. IV. 



FERN-BUD. This fly is got on fern ; and the natural 

 one is very good to dib with. It has a short thick body, 

 of a very sad greenish colour; and two pair of wings, 

 the uppermost are hard, and sometimes taken of : but 

 the undermost, diaphanous. And it is dubbed with 

 the herl of a peacock, and very sad green silk : wings, 

 of the feather of a fieldfare's quill got out of the wing. 



LITTLE DUN. Dubbing, of an otter's fur ; warped 

 with ash-coloured silk. Wings, of a shepstare's quill- 

 feather. 



YELLOW MAY FLY. Dubbing, of yellow wool, mix- 

 ed with yellow fur of a martern ; warped with yellow 

 silk. Wings, of the lightest-coloured feather of a 

 throstle. 



JUNE. 



BLACK MIDGE, or GNAT. Dubbing, of the down 

 of a mole ; warped with black silk. Wings, of a light 

 grey shepstare's quill-feather. 



GREY MIDGE, or GNAT. Dubbing, of the down 

 of a sad grey cat, or sad grey camel's hair ; warped 

 with grey silk. Wings, of the grey feather of a mal- 

 lard. 



PURPLE-FLY. Dubbing, of purple wool, and a lit- 

 tle bear's hair mixed sometimes, no bear's hair at all. 

 Wings, of a shepstare's quill-feather. Warped with 

 purple silk. 



SAND-FLY. Dubbing, of the wool gotten off the 

 flank of a black sheep ; warped with black silk. Wings, 

 of the sad-coloured feather of a throstle-quill. Others 

 make the body, of the feather of a heron's neck. 



MACKERIL. Dubbing, of light brown camel's hair ; 

 warped with black silk. Wings, of a red cock's feather. 



