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August. The ant flies are ..excellent 

 killers from eleven o'clock in the forenoon 

 until six in the evening, and they may be 

 used in still water as well as streams. The 

 wings of this fly are made of the lightest blue 

 feather from under the snipe's wing, or from 

 the torn-tit's tail. Some make them of this- 

 tle's down ; but its want of durability is a 

 great objection to the use of this material, 

 unless for a fly that remains on the water for 

 a very short time, which is not the case with 

 the ant flies. The body of black ostrich harl 

 made thick at the tail and under the butt 



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of the wings, with a reddish brown hackle 

 for legs. 



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No. 40. #$ <&%tnt ftrt) ®nt 



resembles the preceding in size and form, 

 appears about the same time, and is to be 

 used during the same hours of the day. The 

 wings are to be made of a light starlings 



