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hackles ; guinea hen hackles, the rump and 

 back feathers ; silver pheasant, cock and hen 

 bird tail, wings, and body feathers ; yellow 

 toucan feathers ; blue jay feathers, and the 

 wings of the jay for trout flies ; peacock feathers, 

 off wings, tail, and body ; black ostrich feathers, 

 and the white ostrich for dyeing all colours for 

 the heads of flies, &c., with floss silk of every 

 shade; gold and silver twist, and plate of 

 different sizes ; pighair, mohair, furs, &c. 



The materials for small trout flies are, mo- 

 hair, furs of every colour, water rat, fitch, 

 squirrel, mole's fur, hare's ears and neck furs, 

 mouse and common rat fur, martin's fur, sable 

 fur, black spaniel's hair off the ear, black bear's 

 hair for tailing the drake, and all white furs 

 dyed of various shades, such as yellow, yellow- 

 green, gold, orange, cinnamon, light duns, &c.; 

 starling vdngs, grouse feathers, snipe wings, 

 woodcock wings, thrush and blackbird's wings, 

 fieldfare wings, wren tails, tomtit tails, bunton 

 lark wing, skylark wings, sparrow wings, land- 

 rail wings, water-hen wings, water-rail wings, 

 partridge tails and hackle feathers, brown hen 

 i wings, tail, and body feathers, dun hen wings, 

 i &c. ; dun cock hackles, dun hen hackles, dottril 



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