APRIL. 



SOL wins the ascendancy, and blunts the sharp teeth of 

 rebellious winds withered winter vanishes in flowery 

 green and woodland music the welcome swallow halts 

 on her native chimney, while thick around descend 

 the vital sparks. Stick to the streams fisherman, 

 while spring invigorates the game. Trout squats 

 by sharp streams and in ambush cheeks the rapids, 

 hungry and bold he dashes unerring at the passing fly. 

 Grayling woo in the gravelly draws disturb or take 

 them not. The royal samlet deserts the narrow limits 

 of his native home, and joins in shoals to seek dominion 

 in encircling seas. The waters pour their winged 

 progeny into air. Among the rest, fishermen ! take 

 heed ! the imperial Empress comes. 



19iH. MOTTLED BROWN. Full length about half 

 an inch ; length, better than a quarter ; wings near 

 three^eights, which, when folded, appear of a red brown 

 ground veined and spotted, or mottled with darker, like 

 the feathers in a partridge's tail ; shoulders and body 

 darkish brown ; legs, a tortoise shell mixture, dark at 

 the joints ; is hatching this month and continues 

 through the next. 



Body, shoulders, and head, orange silk ; wings and 

 legs a partridge's tail feather, red, spotted with darker. 



20TH. HOUSE FLY. Full length near three-eights; 

 length, a quarter ; wings, a quarter, which are clear 



