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No. 1 is the Dusty Miller, 



No. 2. Tag, silver twist and lemon floss ; tail, a top- 

 ping ; but, black ostrich ; body, silver tinsel ribbed with 

 silver twist ; a bit of scarlet wool, tied in at shoulder, and 

 picked out with black hackle over ; mixed wing of emerald 

 peacock, claret, and yellow swan, tippet and grey drake 

 and slips of mallard over ; black head. 



No. 3 is an old Tweed pattern ; tail, tippet ; body, 

 wool, yellow, orange, red, claret, and black ; broad silver 

 tinsel and gold twist; hackle, half down, coch-y-bondu 

 with good black stump to it; wing, cinnamon turkey 

 with light tip. 



Mr. Drummond then sends four from Mr. Cameron of 

 Blair Drummond, a very good authority. 



No. 4 is the Britannia with bright orange body ; 

 hackle of the same, and violet hackle at the head. 



No. 5. Tag, gold tinsel, then one turn of bright 

 yellow crewel, and a short slip of it left for a rudimentary 

 tail. Then for the but, one turn of scarlet wool ; body, 

 light blue (with the faintest tinge of green in it) wool, 

 one turn of yellow at the shoulder ; moderate silvei 

 tinsel ; grizzled blue, dun hackle with a blackish stump to 

 it all up ; wings of the streaky feather in gold pheasant tail. 



No. 6. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, a bit of crimson and 

 yellow crewel ; body, claretty-red (approaching to lake) 

 wool, one turn of yellow at shoulder ; moderate silver 

 tinsel; hackle as before, but a darker one, with more 

 black in centre and stump ; wing, rich brown turkey with 

 black bars and nearly white tip. 



No. 7. Tag, silver tinsel, and gold floss ; tail, a top- 

 ping ; but, black ostrich ; body, nearly half bright yellow 

 and the rest lightish medium blue wool, pricked out; 

 broad gold tinsel ; gallina hackle at shoulder ; wing, sprigs 

 of rich brown turkey, and black partridge, yellow, red, 

 and lavender swan slips of brown mallard over ; one top- 



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