26 ON DYEING. 



the former. By the use of this recipe, the green 

 drake wings are dyed of the subdued blue green 

 tint of the natural fly. 



B. (G. Holland, of Failsworth, near Manchester.) 

 i. In a quart of soft water, put half a teacup of 

 ebony chips, a quarter of a teacup of logwood 

 chips, and a piece of chrome potash the size of a 

 small pea ; boil to rather over a pint ; put in the 

 feathers and dye them to a dirty blue brown. 



2. In a fresh vessel, put a piece of extract of 

 fustic with a quart of soft water, simmer, and pour 

 over the feathers already taken out of No. 1 dye ; 

 let them remain fifteen minutes, then add five drops 

 of double muriate of tin, and simmer to shade, 

 which should be that known as the " Champion " of 

 the late John Hammond, a decidedly dark brown 

 olive tint. 



Slate. 



A handful of logwood chips to a quart of boiling 

 water, simmer two or three hours, add a piece of 

 copperas the size of a small nut. 



Iron Blue. 



The following is Mr. G. Holland's method of 

 dyeing starling feathers for the wings of the iron 

 blue dun : Select medium or dark feathers from 

 the starling wing, and, after separating them from 

 the wing, steep them in a tea-spoonful of solution 

 of potash to a quart of boiling water. Dye for 



