JUNE. 65 



Wings selected from the landrail, or a red or yellow 

 dun hen ; body, copper-colored silk, tinged with water- 

 rat's fur ; legs, a cream colored hen hackle, or light 

 hairs from the hare's ear. 



73RD. VERMILLION DRAKE. Length, near a 

 quarter ; wings, near a quarter, which, with the legs 

 and whisks, are of a dim light (almost white) transpa- 

 rency ; shoulders and body, a light lemony ground, of 

 dim transparency, touched and pencilled on the upper 

 parts, with a rich vermillion red. She hatches about 

 the middle of this month, on warm sunny after- 

 noons, and continues into July. She casts her skin, 

 which takes with it the vermillion touches ; when her 

 body and shoulders are of a rich lemon or straw color; 

 wings, clear and glassy, with pinky sparklings. She 

 is a pet of summer, not very numerous, and probably 

 of no use to the angler : her delicate texture and colors 

 are bad to imitate. 



Small straw or lemon colored silk, and a small white 

 pinky cock's hackle, for legs and wings. 



74TH. DARK PIED DUN. Full length, three- 

 eighths ; length, about a quarter ; feelers, near five- 

 eighths, spotted light and dark. Wings, a very dark 

 dun, almost black ; with two small white lines on the 

 upper, and two on the lower edge of each ; and, when 

 folded, the upper lines join and form two small white 

 stripes across the back, tinged blue at the edges. 

 Head, shoulders, body, and thighs, a dark brown dun 

 color, with the light side marks on the body ; legs, and 

 feet, a light stone color. Is hatching this month, and 



