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31. THE CREE-FLY. Wings, brown feather of the mal- 

 lard's wing ; body, orange mohair ; shoulder, blue dun and 

 blue hackle ; tail-tuft, lemon worsted ; forks, two strands of 

 wing-feather. 



32. THE CANARY. Wings, two orange or canary coloured 

 feathers from under the wings of the macaw, with a mixture 

 of blue, yellow, and crimson fibres of the tail-feathers of the 

 same bird, and strands from a silver pheasant's tail ; crimson 

 hackle over butts of wings; head, a black ostrich's herl ; body, 

 dark mohair, ribbed loosely with silver tinsel and orange 

 hackle, which is to be full under the wings ; tip, silver tinsel 

 and long tags of crimson and orange silk ; tail, from a golden 

 pheasant's topping, or sprigs of golden pheasant's neck- 

 feather. Phillips' No. 4, long-shanked hook. 



Salmon Flies, Irish style and fashion. 



33. THE PARSON. A bright yellow. Wings, formed of 

 golden pheasant's crest, with slips from the blue and buff 

 macaw ; body, yellow floss-silk and gold twist ; tail, golden 

 pheasant's crest-feather below ostrich's herl. Most of these 

 are favourites on the rivers Ness, Beauley, and Shin. 



34. THE DOCTOR. Mixed wings, composed of golden 

 pheasant's tippet, or tail-feather, bustard, brown mallard, 

 capercailzie, &c. &c. along with macaw slips, which latter 

 are reckoned indispensable ; body, blue floss-silk, silver 

 twist; shoulders, blue feather from wing of jay used as a 

 hackle ; the cserulean of the blue lowrie is more esteemed ; 

 tail, as the Parson. 



35. THE CHJLDERS. Mixed wings, composed of a pair 

 of golden pheasant's crest and macaw slips, &c. &c. ; body, 

 yellow, resolving into orange in the upper part, made 

 roughish, gold thread ; ptarmigan feather, used as a hackle 

 under the wing ; tail, as the Parson. 



36. THE DUNDAS. Wings, mixtures, golden pheasant's 

 feather most prevalent ; macaw slips ; body, greenish yel- 

 low ; golden plover's feather used as hackle ; tail, as the 

 Parson. 



