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Fly-dressing its Requisites. 



The feathers employed for hackled flies are taken from 

 the inside and outside of the wings, as well as the necks 

 or breasts of birds ; but for winged flies from the quill 

 feathers of the wings, and the nearer to the quill end the 

 better, so that they are not downy. 



The term Dun is generally in this work applied to reds, 

 as corn-crake, partridge-tail, or red-cock's hackles. 



Bloa, to all shades of slate and ash colour, such as 

 starling's wing- feathers, snipe, jay, dotterel, &c. 



Brown, to woodcock, snipe, grouse, &c. 



Flies made of natural furs always preserve their colours, 

 whilst those made of crewels, worsteds, silks, &c. fre- 

 quently change colour, being acted upon by the mineral 

 peculiar to each water. 



FEATHERS FOE TEOUT FLIES. 



Wings of Woodcock. 

 Swift. 

 Landrail. 



Grouse. 



Snipe. 



Starling. 



Thrush. 



Lark. 



Dotterel. 



Jay. 



Blackbird. 



Golden Plover. 



Sandpiper. 



Dunling. 



Grey Hen. 



Sea- Swallow. 



Fieldfare. 



Feathers of Partridge (breast, neck, and 



tail). 



Grouse (neck and head). 

 Mallard (back and breast). 

 Woodcock (neck and breast). 

 Teal. 



Starling (neck and head). 

 Golden Plover. 

 Peewit or Lapwing (crest). 

 Wren (tail). 



Ostrich (hackles and herls). 

 Peacock (herls). 

 Night-jar (neck). 

 Cock and hen Pheasant 



(breast). 



Hen Pheasant (inside of wing) 

 Curlew. 



Hackles of all colours, from the head and neck of the 

 barn-door cock or hen, are decidedly the most essential 

 feathers for a fly-dresser ; softness, brightness, and nice ' 

 tapering of the feather being the great requisites. The 



