THE SALMON FLY. 



GOLDEN BIRD OF PAKADISE. 



.SMALL VULTUEINE GUINEA FOWL. 



Cocks' hackles. The best, both in shape and degree of firmness, 

 corne from the neck ; but feathers from the back are used on pressing 

 necessity, or for Grubs. 



The special varieties of these are : 



1. Furnace hackles. A red Cock's hackle with a tapered black list 

 running up the centre ; White furnace are white with a black list ; Blue, 

 with a blue list. 



The distinction between " furnace " and " coch-a-bonddu " is of very 

 old date. I have specimens of each collected in Wales by my Father in 

 1836, and carefully labelled by him with their different names. " Coch- 

 a-bonddu," a Welsh word, signifies "red, with a black band." The 

 advantage of giving the two names, " furnace " and " coch-a-bonddu," is 

 so obvious, and the benefit derived from extending the signification to 

 other feathers of their nature so apparent, that I make no apology for the 

 nomenclature which I have given above. 



2. Cocli-a-bonddu hackles. A furnace hackle with black points. 

 But the colour between the list and points of blue " coch-a-bonddus " 

 varies. It may be of a reddish tinge, grizzly-grey, honey, or golden. 

 Dipped in Bismarck-brown aniline dye (Woolley & Co., Manchester), this 

 is one of the best of all hackles for general use in dead low water. White 

 " coch-a-bonddus " may be dyed any colour. These are great favourites, 



