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which grow under the wings of the bird, two 

 tipped feathers mixed with bustard, Argus, 

 blue and scarlet macaw, and a blue head of 

 pig hair or mohair. No. 1 or 2 hook. 



No. 4. The body is made of light puce floss 

 silk, ribbed with silver plate and gold twist, a 

 claret hackle over it, tipped with silver, a 

 topping for tail, and orange tag; the wings 

 are made of yellow macaw, a red spear feather, 

 four toppings, a mixture of bustard golden 

 pheasant tail, kingfisher's each side, and a 

 large blue head of mohair. (It cannot be too 

 large for the Shannon). No. 1 hook, large 

 Salmon size. 



No. 5. The body is made of puce floss, 

 ribbed with broad silver and gold twist, purple 

 hackle over it, orange tag, tip of silver, and tail 

 a topping; the wings are made of two body 

 feathers of the yellow macaw, mixed with blue 

 macaw tail and Argus, two large toppings, and 

 a dark blue pig hair head. Salmon hook No. 2, 

 spring size. 



No. 6. This is another excellent fly. The 

 wings are like the last named fly ; a black floss 

 body, ribbed with silver, and yellow hackle over 

 it ; a large blue head, picked out to hang down 



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