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Perhaps I bestow more time in arranging the 

 fibres of various feathers for mixed wings, than 

 is usual or necessary. A well-mixed wing, with 

 due regard to colours, is always attractive. In- 

 stead of disposing the fibres so as to make them 

 appear all of the same length, I much prefer 

 putting on two or three parcels at different 

 times, the first, of course, nearest the bend of 

 the hook, being the shortest, and the last the 

 longest. I am fond also of seeing the fly 

 well-shouldered, otherwise it has a meagre ap- 

 pearance. Should the wings after all look 

 somewhat short and stubby, a few fibres of 

 some feather of a decided colour, longer than 

 the rest, will rectify the defect at once. 



Antennae of blue or red Macaw, well put on, 

 give a very graceful finish to the fly; but they 

 are so difficult to arrange, when taken from 

 each side of the feather, as they ought to be, 

 that I am usually satisfied to put them on, when 

 stripped from the same side. 



The most showy shoulder appendage, 



