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No. 27.. Mottled Hackle, from Plymouth Rock 

 chickens. 



No. 28. Cock-a? -londdlm Hackle. Black center, brown 

 tips. Acquire them whenever you get a chance They 

 are most useful for a variety of flies. 



No. 29. Brown Hackle. Ditto repeated. A good hackle 

 is short in fiber, with thin, strong mid-rib. Get your 

 hackles as near the colors I have described as possible, 

 but do not discard those that are near the shade but not 

 it exactly. On the hook they look different from what 

 they do off it. 



No. 30. Ibis. The feather shown is the small breast 

 feather, and but inadequately expresses how beautiful 

 and useful the whole feathers of the bird are. The entire 

 skin is one blaze of scarlet, and hardly a feather is wasted 

 in fly making. A whole skin is quite necessary to the 

 amateur fly maker. 



No. 31. Mallard. This feather is from the breast of 

 the mallard, and is given as typical of the sort of fibers 

 required for a large variety of flies from its near relations 

 the wood-duck, pintail and canvasback. In all cases 

 where this beautifully mottled feather is indicated, it is 

 taken from the breast. The feathers from each are so 

 similar that I do not think it necessary to repeat the 

 others. 



No. 32. Broivn Hen. Taken from the quill feather 

 of a brown hen or rooster. Nearly every feather on a 

 brown chicken is useful. 



Nos. 33 and 34. Feather from underside of mallard 

 wing. These feathers provide the metallic looking dun 

 wings of a great variety of flies and vary in shade from a 



