THE FINDHORN 281 



topping and tippet ; butt, black ostrich ; body orange-yellow 

 floss;!; broad gold tinsel ; rather light blue hackle, blue jay 

 at shoulder ; wing, one medium-sized tippet, two good slices 

 of brown speckled turkey, sprigs of gold pheasant tail, a few 

 of red and blue macaw ; bright red mohair head and collar ; 

 blue macaw horns tied in above this ; hook, same as last. 



No. 4. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail, one good topping ; body, 

 three turns of ruby floss, the rest of light apple-green floss ; 

 silver and gold tinsel, equidistant ; hackle, bright medium 

 green, inclining to a blue-green, black heron hackle on shoulder, 

 the fibre reaching the barb of the hook ; wing, a bunch of 

 emerald-green peacock herl (taken from the scimitar-shaped 

 feather), slices of brown speckled turkey, bright peacock, a 

 little bustard, red and blue macaw and green swan ; collar, 

 blue mohair ; hook, a size smaller than the last. 



No. 5. Tag, silver thread and a small bunch ofjred mohair ; 

 tail, topping and tippet, sprigs of gold pheasant sword feather, 

 blue macaw and pale yellow-green parrot ; butt, black ostrich ; 

 body, same as before, only a shade or so lighter ; gold and 

 silver tinsel side by side ; hackle, coch y bondu, stained brown, 

 black heron on shoulder, reaching to point of hook ; wing, 

 strips of bustard and bright peacock, sprigs of blue and red 

 macaw and yellow-green swan ; collar, bright orange mohair ; 

 hook, same as last. 



No. 6. Tag, silver thread and yellow floss^; tail, a longish 

 topping tippet, and a red toucan feather ; butt, black ostrich ; 

 body, black floss ; broad silver tinsel and gold thread side by 

 side ; hackle, the dark chocolate brown cock's feather used in 

 the Spey flies, black heron at shoulder, and gallina over it ; 

 wing, two tippet feathers (two-thirds the length of wing), 

 mixed peacock and gold pheasant tail, with fibres of red and 

 blue macaw ; olive-yellow mohair collar ; hook, No. 4. 



No. 7. Tag, gold thread ; tail, a topping, and some gallina ; 

 body, one turn of orange-yellow pig's wool, then two light 

 clarety red, two of medium blue, three of clarety red, and the 

 same of orange-yellow ; broadish gold tinsel ; dark purple 

 hackle, black hackle at shoulder, blue jay over it ; wing, one 

 tippet (half the length of wing), mixed gold pheasant tail, 

 mallard, a little gallina, a little bright bustard, a few sprigs 

 of long tippet, and of yellow and claret swan, and several blue 

 macaw sprigs ; black head, no collar ; hook, No. 5. 



No. 8. Tag, silver thread and darkish blue floss ; tail, a 

 good topping ; but, black ostrich ; body, one-third orange- 



