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hackle over wool, red orange hackle over that, and two or three more 

 toppings, tied in at the breast instead of shoulder hackle ; wings, a 

 tippet or ruff feather, with a cock of the rock (not the squared feathers) 

 on either side and one at>ove ; strips of pintail on either side, and as 

 many golden pheasant toppings as can be piled on seven or eight. 



THE BUTCHER tag, gold twist and dark orange floss ; tail, one topping ; 

 butt, black ostrich herl ; body, two or three turns of claret, ditto of 

 medium blue, ditto of red, and the rest of dark blue pig's wool ; broad 

 silver twist ; medium red claret hackle ; gallina on shoulder ; under 

 wing a golden pheasant tippet and rump feather, over them strips of 

 brown mallard, bustard, peacock, wood duck, and blue and yellow 

 swan ; black head. 



DURHAM RANGER tag, silver tinsel and gold floss ; tail, one topping and 

 Indian crow; butt, two turns of black herl; body, two turns light orange 

 floss, then two of dark orange, then claret, and black pig's wool re- 

 spectively ; black wool to be picked out at breast ; over the whole of 

 the wool a coch-y-bondu hackle (red with black centre) stained a 

 bright orange, two turns black hackle over it, and a light blue hackle 

 at the shoulder ; wing, a pair of largish jungle cock in centre, double 

 golden pheasant tippet on either side, one topping over all ; blue 

 macaw ribs ; and a kingfisher feather on either cheek. 



THE PRIEST tag, gold twist and dark blue floss ; tail, a topping and 

 pale red ibis or flamingo ; butt, black ostrich ; body, three turns orange 

 floss, the rest dirty olive brown mohair, gold tinsel, and silver twist ; 

 hackle, golden olive ; medium blue at shoulders ; wing, dark turkey or 

 cock pheasant tail, over that fibres of bustard and bright bustard, 

 brown mallard, and a plentiful mixture of green swan sprigs ; head, 

 red. 



ORANGE AND GROUSE tag, silver tinsel ; tail, a topping and kingfisher 

 feather ; butt, black ostrich ; body, three turns of puce or lake floss, 

 the rest of light orange floss, silver tinsel ; hackle, largish grouse, 

 trimmed on breast, not on back ; three or four toppings over it for 

 wings ; blue jay at shoulder ; blue macaw ribs ; and black head. The 

 grouse fibres help wings. 



THE CHILDERS tag, silver twist and light blue silk ; tail, a topping with 

 strands of red macaw, powdered blue macaw, and pintail ; butt, black 

 herl ; body, two turns of light yellow silk continuing with light yellow 

 seal's fur, leaving one-fifth at the shoulder for scarlet seal's fur, ribbed 

 silver lace and silver tinsel ; hackle, a white furnace hackle dyed light 

 yellow ; throat, a scarlet hackle and light widgeon ; wiwjs, golden 

 pheasant tippet and tail, turkey, silver pheasant, pintail, summer 



