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a small portion of flos silk should be unravelled 

 and fastened at the extremity of the body. This 

 fly, though, like the preceding, of a somewhat 

 sombre cast, is frequently used with success in 

 summer. Fig. 5, (same plate) belongs to the 

 gaudy class of lures, " which," says Mr. Bainbridge, 

 " however fanciful or varied in shade or materials, 

 will frequently raise fish when all the imitations 

 of nature have proved unsuccessful ; indeed, so 

 fastidious and whimsical are the salmon at times, 

 that the more brilliant and extravagant the fly, 

 the more certain is the angler of diversion." In 

 this, of course, we perfectly agree. The wings of the 

 fly in question are formed of the extreme end of a 

 Guinea fowl's feather, not stripped, but having the 

 fibres remaining on both sides of the middle stem. 

 A blood-red hackle is fastened on with the wings, 

 and so arranged as to extend beyond them ; the dyed 

 feathers used by military men will suit, if another 

 showy biped, the scarlet macaw, is not accessible. 

 The green feather which forms the eye of the pea- 

 cock's tail should be fastened at the head, and left 

 hanging downwards, so as to cover the body for the 

 space of half an inch, and a few filaments of the same 

 part of the feather may be fastened at the tail. Fig. 

 3, (PL I.) has the wings formed from the darkish 

 brown speckled portion of a bittern's wing stripped 

 off from the stem ; the head ought to be of the same 

 colours as the body, which is formed of the reddish 

 brown part of a.-hare's fur, and deep copper-coloured 

 mohair ; a bittern's hackle is put over the body for 

 legs, and a forked tail is added, made of a pair of 



