:;".' THE MAJOR AND RANGERS. 



rejoices in ; the one a bright gold or yellow, and the other 

 a red gold, or orange. Tag, gold twist and two turns of 

 bright yellow floss ; tail, red and yellow sprigs mixed with 

 gallina, and a topping ; no but ; body, yellow floss half-way 

 up, and then orange pig's wool ; over this is ribbed side by 

 side gold twist and tinsel and black floss (a bit of unra- 

 velled coarse sewing silk does better) first the twist, then 

 the tinsel, then the black silk ; yellow hackle from tail to 

 head, bustard hackle at shoulder ; under wing gold phea- 

 sant tippet, two feathers shortish ; on either side of these 

 strips of bustard and argus pheasant (the dark small 

 speckled feather); fibres of yellow thrown in here and 

 there, and over all a topping, with blue macaw ribs ; black 

 head. For the orange variety read orange for yellow. 

 Size various, from about No. 4 to 8. 



The Major. Tag, silver twist and ruby floss: tail, 

 fibres of bustard hackle, tippet and a topping ; body com- 

 posite, viz. two turns of medium blue, ditto of dark orange, 

 about four or five of bright claret, and two more of blue 

 pig's wool, over this silver tinsel and gold twist side by 

 side; a red claret hackle, commencing from the orange 

 wool, the blue wool picked out in longish fibres at the 

 shoulder, over this a bustard hackle, then the wing, and 

 over that a yellow hackle. The wing is composed of a 

 white ribbed snipe's feather, with longish tippet on either 

 side, over this bustard and gold pheasant tail in strips, 

 with red, blue, and greenish-yellow fibres, and over all a 

 topping ; black head. It is a capital fly, but I think some 

 of the dressing is rather overdone, and might be dispensed 

 with. Size same as the last. 



Following up the military lead, we come to the Rangers. 



The Black Ranger. Tag, silver twist and golden floss; 

 tail, the bright red breast feather of Indian crow and a 

 topping; but, two turns of black ostrich; body, two or 

 three turns of golden floss, ditto of bright fiery-red pig's 



