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the little dark drake a dim red. Eyes, dark and cock- 

 ling. She commences hatching about the middle of 

 this month, and continues through the summer ; then 

 she cast her skin and becomes the little red drake. 



Winged and legged with a small feather from the 

 water-hen or water rail ; body, orange silk, waxed. 



34iH. LITTLE RED DRAKE. Length, a quarter; 

 wings, a quarter or better, clear and transparent, with 

 red tinges and reflections. Shoulders, red ; body, a 

 red lemony dim transparency ; eyes, red brown, large 

 and gogling. Long whisks, which stand square, and 

 long fore-legs, of a red light-brown dim transparency. 

 Muster in groups towards evening. 



Pale orange or dim yellow silk, and red cock's- 

 hackle feather. 



35TH. HAWTHORN FLY. Full length, from three- 

 eights to half an inch; length, nearly the same. 

 Head, shoulders, body, and legs, jet black and shiny, 

 thinly set with black short hair ; wings, fine, of a light 

 grizzly transparency. They resemble the cow dung or 

 lion fly, but are a little more slender, and, like him, is 

 a savage warrior fly devouring others. They are 

 sheathed, body and limbs, in glossy black mail, haunt- 

 ing hawthorn trees and hedges. They are bred on 

 land, making their appearance the latter end of this 

 month, and are gone by the end of May. 



Head, shoulders, and body, black silk, with black 

 seal's fur or mohair, twisted or wrought in ; winged 

 with a light neutral feather from the snipe or starling; 

 with a black hen-hackle for legs. 



