JUNE. 67 



Slips, for wings, may be found in the white or bro- 

 ken feathers of the yellow or screech owl; body, etc., 

 light tawny colored woollen thread; legged with a 

 tawny hen hackle. 



The white dun, or ** bustard " of the craft, is 

 classed with the duns, being nearly of the same con- 

 struction, but is considered a land fly. They appear 

 about the middle of this month, and continue until 

 near the end of July, They are found flying about in 

 meadows and long grass, from half-past nine to half- 

 past ten at night ; when they are taken by the craft 

 and fished natural, with great success ; for large trout 

 take them greedily, in streams- where the stone fly does 

 not come or is on the decline. These large flies are 

 generally fished natural, which is termed " dibbing " 

 or " dabbing." The stone fly, green and grey drakes, 

 and white bustard, are the chief, being all good to get. 

 There is the brown bustard and spotted moth, both 

 night flies, but do not shew themselves in numbers like 

 the others. They come out about half-past nine every 

 fine night, and continue into August. The brown 

 bustard is similar in size and shape to the white : top 

 wings, shades of brown, with zigzag lines and marble 

 streaks ; the other parts red brown, about the shade of 

 the tawny parts of hare's fur. The spotted moth : 

 length, five-eighths ; wings, three-quarters, which it 

 erects like a butterfly, or lays them flat like a moth ; 

 they are of a yellow white ground, spotted with a rich 

 dark brown ; touched at the shoulders and across the 

 broad parts, with yellow. Under -wings, no yellow and 

 less spotted ; body and shoulders, smooth and fleshy, 

 and yellow ; with a black spot on the top of the shoul- 



