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argu s pheasant wing feathers, and red, yellow, and puce- 

 colored feelers or strands. 



The Rob Roy. Tag, gold (flat) and orange floss silk; 

 body, orange mohair, graduating through full and dark 

 orange to dull red; legs, guinea-fowl neck feather, 

 stained yellow, and a black cock's hackle, also stained 

 yellow wings, black turkey feather; side feathers, jungle 

 cock's hackle; streamers, yellow and red; head, black 

 ostrich herl 



The Spartan. Tag, gold (round), white floss silk and 

 peacock herl; tail, three strands from a green feather 

 from the neck of a peacock, and a few strands of yellow 

 and scarlet lucan breast and neck feathers; body, hackled 

 with claret stained hackle, wound over with gold twist 

 (heavy round) and bright-colored silk; legs, dark blue 

 hackle, and guinea-fowl feather over all; wings, golden 

 pheasant's tail feather, ditto neck or tippet feathers for 

 sides, blue chatterer's over all; head, peacock's herl. 



The Tarn 0' Shanter. Tag, red silk silver twist (round); 

 tail, a few yellow and red spires of macaw feathers, helped 

 with a few strands of blue or green peacock's neck 

 feather; body, pig's wool, navy blue, with broad flat sil- 

 ver twist; legs, rich fiery brown hackle; wings, bustard 

 feather; sides of ditto, American wood duck feather; a 

 few strands of argus pheasant's dark feather to be also 

 added in larger flies. 



The Mac Sporren. Tag, flat silver, and blue silk. 

 Body, fiery brown pig's wool ribbed with round gold 

 twist; legs, orange and purple, hackled (stained); wings, 

 golden pheasant, red sides tail feathers; toppings, large 

 strands of albatross wing feather; streamers red and 

 green over all, kingfisher's feathers, or blue chatterer. 



The following are well-known dressings: 



Jock Scott. Tag, gold twist; tail, one golden pheasant 

 topping, and Indian crow feather; body in two parts; 



