APRIL. 39 



October ; but the great muster of the duns, is from 

 five to seven in the afternoons, and dusk in the even- 

 ings. In the course of the season varieties, slightly 

 differing, present themselves the bodies and thighs of 

 some have the purple blush, and shew clear the light 

 side lines ; others have more or less down, or are of 

 lighter or darker shade, but when held to the light, are 

 all from the light colored or codbait tribe of creepers. 

 Bright copper colored silk for bod} 7 ; feathers, for 

 wings and legs, from the landrail, throstle, or a yellow 

 bronze brown hen, or the brown owl, with or without 

 tinge of water-rat. 



39TH. DARK DRAKE (dark watchet). Length, 

 near or about three-eights ; whisks, three-eights ; 

 wings, three-eights, which are of a dark plum hue, 

 crossed into squares with dark lines. Body, dark and 

 rather shiny, of a dim transparency, like the dark rind 

 of a plum upon the orange pulp; dim yellow patches 

 like epaulettes, at the shoulders, and a dark spot on 

 each joint along the sides. The fore-legs of some 

 Tery long, and of a dark ale dim transparency ; whisks, 

 the same ; eyes, dark and cockling. She commences 

 hatching the latter part of this month, and afterwards 

 becomes numerous, with variations, to near the end of 

 the season. She is a celebrated fly, of the first order 

 of aquatics the u dark watchet " or " water-hen 

 and orange " of the craft. 



Orange silk, and water-hen or water-rail's breast 

 feather, or from under the wing. 



40xH. DARK RED DRAKE. Size of the dark drake. 



