2l6 THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. 



cluck, bustard, powdered blue macaw, parrot, red macaw, and gallina, 

 with two strips of mallard above and a topping ; horns, blue macaw ; 

 cheeks, chatterer ; head,' black herl. 



THK POPHAM tag, gold twist ; tail, a topping and Indian crow ; butt, 

 black herl ; body, in three equal sections butted with black herl the 

 first dark orange silk ribbed with fine gold tinsel having Indian crow 

 above and below, the second or middle joint yellow silk with similar- 

 ribbing and crow's feathers as before, the third light blue silk and 

 silver ribbing with the Indian crow repeated ; hackle, jay at the 

 throat only ; wings, tippet, teal, gallina, golden pheasant tail, parrot, 

 light brown mottled turkey, bustard, red macaw, yellow macaw (swan 

 dyed yellow instead of yellow macaw for large sizes), with two strips of 

 mallard above, and a topping ; cheeks, chatterer ; horns, blue macaw ; 

 head, black herl. 



THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING tag, gold twist and yellow silk ; tail, a 

 topping ; butt, black herl ; body, black silk, ribbed gold tinsel ; hackle, 

 from first turn of tinsel, orange; throat, jay; wings, mallard, in strips 

 with a topping ; sides, jungle fowl ; horns, blue macaw ; head, black 

 herl. 



THE SILVER GREY tag, silver twist and yellow silk ; tail, a topping, 

 unbarred summer duck, and two strands of blue macaw ; butt, black 

 herl; body, silver tinsel (flat) ribbed with silver tinsel (oval) ; hackle, 

 from first turn of ribs, a silver- white coch-y-bondu ; throat, light 

 widgeon ; ivings, silver pheasant, bustard, golden pheasant tail, pintail, 

 powdered blue macaw, gallina, swan dyed yellow, two strips mallard 

 above and a topping ; sides, jungle fowl ; horns, blue macaw ; head, 

 black Berlin wool. 



THE FIERY BROWN tag, gold twist and light orange silk ; tail, a 

 topping ; body, fiery brown seal's fur, ribbed gold tinsel ; hackle, from 

 first turn of tinsel, fiery brown ; wings, tippet strands between broad 

 strips of mallard ; horns, blue macaw ; head, black herl. 



THE KATE tag, silver tinsel and light yellow flcss ; tail, a topping with 

 short kingfisher feather ; body, ruby floss, two or three turns, and 

 darkish red pig's wool picked out at breast ; orange hackle at shoulder, 

 silver twist ; light mixed wing, tippet sprigs, black partridge (or pin- 

 tail, if the fibres be not long enough), bustard, wood duck, mallard, 

 blue, red, green, and yellow sprigs, one topping over all, jungle cock 

 at shoulders, blue macaw ribs ; black head. 



THE MAJOR tag, silver twist and ruby floss ; tail, fibres of bustard 

 hackle, tippet and a topping ; body, composite, viz., two turns of 

 medium blue, ditto of dark orange, about four or five of bright claret, 



