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rather darker in color ; shews more gild in the sun, 

 and is extraordinary quick on the legs, but short in the 

 wings, which do not reach the end of his body pro- 

 bably to confine him to his native element. The craft 

 unanimously prefer the female. 



Materials for his imitation may be selected from 

 those for the female. 



26TH. BEE OR BANK FLY. Full length, half an 

 inch or more ; length, from three-eights to half an 

 inch ; has four narrow wings, a quarter and one-six- 

 teenth, which fold flat over the back, clear and tinged 

 brown like those of the honey bee, which the fly re- 

 sembles. Head, shoulders, belly, and legs, hairy, of a 

 red brown or hoary grey color ; back, dark brown and 

 shiny, with a ring of lighter on the edge of each joint. 

 They breed in soil banks by the water sides ; there 

 are great numbers in the bank opposite Fishergreen, 

 which is full of their small holes. They come home 

 loaded, like bees, on the body and thighs, with what 

 they collect from flowers which gives them a rich 

 orange hue. They continue nearly through the season, 

 and are out from morning 'till night. 



Body, brown silk, dubbed and tinged with yellow 

 fleshy grizzle and hoary grey fine hair, or fur from the 

 fox-cub, squirrel, etc. ; blackbird's feather for wings ; 

 and red brown mohair or hen hackle, for legs. 



27iH. IRON BLUE DRAKE. Length, a quarter ; 

 wings, a quarter or better ; of a dark blue bio dim 

 transparency. Legs, whisks, and middle joints of the 

 body, are of a light grey azure transparency ; head, 



