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feather of the pheasant's wing ; legs, a feather from 

 the back of a partridge." 



3. Blue Dun. Body, of the hare's ear, dark and 

 yellow part mixed with a little yellow mohair, the 

 whole to be spun on yellow silk ; wings, from a 

 feather of the starling's wing stained in onion dye; 

 tail, two whiskers of a rabbit ; legs, to be picked out 

 of the dubbing at the thick part near the wings. 



4. Alder Fly. Body, dark claret-coloured fur; 

 upper wings, red fibre of the landrail's wing, or red 

 tail feather of the partridge; lower wings, of the 

 starling's wing feather ; legs, dark red hackle ; horns 

 and tail, of fibres the colour of the legs, the horns to 

 be shorter than the body of the fly, but the tail a 

 little longer. 



5. Hofland's Fancy. Body, reddish dark brown 

 silk; wings, woodcock's wing; legs, red hackle; 

 tail, two strands of a red hackle. 



APRIL. 



6. Stone Fly. Body, fur from hare's ear mixed 

 with yellow worsted and spun on yellow silk ; tail, two 

 strands of partridge feather ; wings, pheasant's quill 

 feather from wings ; legs, greenish brown hackle. 



7. Grannum, or Green-Tail. "Ephemera" says: 

 "The grannum is a four- winged fly, and as it swims 

 down the water its wings lie flat on the back. It 

 has a small bunch of eggs of a green colour at the 

 tail end of the body, which gives it the name of the 

 green-tail fly. As soon as it alights on the water it 

 drops its eggs." It is dressed as follows : 



Body, fur of hare's face left rough and spun on 

 brown silk. A little green floss silk may be worked 



