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2. We Lave then another dun, called the Barm-fly, from 

 its yeasty colour ; the dubbing of the fur of a yellow-dun 

 cat, and a gray wing of a mallard's feather. 



3. We have also a Hackle with a purple body, whipped 

 about with a red capon's feather. 



4. As also a Gold-twist Hackle with a purple body, 

 whipped about with a red capon's feather. 



5. To these we have, this month, a Flesh-fly ; the dubbing 

 of a black spaniel's fur, and blue wool mixed, and a gray 

 wing. 



6. Also another Little Flesh-fly ; the body made of the 

 whirl of a peacock's feather, and the wings of the gray 

 feather of a drake. 



7. We have then the Peacock-fly ; the body and wing 

 both made of the feather of that bird. 



8. There is also the flying-ant, or Ant-fly, 1 the dubbing 

 of brown and red camlet mixed, with a light gray wing. 



9. We have likewise a Brown Gnat ; with a very slender 

 body of brown and violet camlet well mixed, and a light 

 gray wing. 



10. And another little Black Gnat ; 3 the dubbing of black 

 mohair, and a white-gray wing. 



11. As also a Green Grashopper ; the dubbing of green 

 and yellow wool mixed, ribbed over with green silk, and a 

 red capon's feather over all. 



12. And lastly, a little Dun Grashopper ; the body 

 slender, made of a dun camlet, and a dun hackle at the 

 top. 3 



of the white feather of a tame duck. Taken from sunset till ten at night, 

 and from two to four in the morning. H. The white or pale-coloured 

 moths, such as the ghost -moth (Hepialus humuli), are called owl -flies, 

 by anglers. They will be taken at night during June, July, and August. 

 RENNIE. 



1 The ant-fly, which is the male or female ant, has four wings ; but the- 

 artificial fly, so called, has only two so much for imitation. RENNIE. 



2 BLACK GNAT. The body extremely small, of black mohair, spaniel's 

 fur, or ostrich feather ; wing, of the lightest part of a starling or mallard's, 

 feather. A very killing fly in an evening, after a shower, in rapid rivers, 

 as in Derbyshire or Wales. H. 



s The Great Red Spinner (Pyrochroa) is a well-known and very killing 

 fly this month, and may be used as an evening fly throughout the summer. 

 It may be made either larger or smaller. The large sort has the body 



