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large yellow pig hair or mohair head (white 

 seal fur dyed yellow does well), a blue jay 

 round the shoulder; the wings are a large 

 yellow and a large blue feather of the macaw, 

 which grows on the back and under the wings 

 of that bird, two orange macaw feathers an inch 

 shorter on each side of them, two toppings, a 

 mixture of argus, bustard, scarlet and blue 

 macaw, good size strips of each. No. 1 hook, 

 full salmon size. 



No. 2. The body is made of black floss silk, 

 tipped with silver, tag of orange, ribbed with 

 broad silver plate up the body, beside which a 

 claret hackle, and the tail two toppings ; the 

 wings are made of a large red rump spear 

 feather of the golden pheasant in the centre, 

 four large toppings with a mixture of sprigging 

 at each side of the following : Argus pheasant 

 tail, bustard, blue and yellow macaw, blue jay 

 at the shoulder, and a large size head of puce 

 pig hair. Hook No. 1 or 2, Spring Salmon 

 size. 



No. 3. The body is made of black floss silk, 

 ribbed with silver, orange tag, tip of silver, tail 

 a topping with a little red ; the wings are made 

 of the whole yellow feathers of the macaw 



