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of the tiger moth. Having had such success with it 

 I have adopted its name as my nom de plume, and as. 

 the title of this little book. 



JULY. 



16. Coch-y-bonddhu. Body, black ostrich harl,. 

 twisted with peacock's harl, and made with red silk 

 thread ; the wings and legs made buzz with a dark 

 furnace hackle. 



17. Red Ant. Body, copper coloured peacock's, 

 harl, full near the wings and tail ; wings, a lark's, 

 wing feather ; legs, red cock's hackle. 



18. July Dun. Body, mole's fur and pale yellow 

 mohair mixed, and spun on yellow silk ; wings, dark 

 part of a feather from the starling's wing, stained 

 dark in strong onion dye ; legs, dark dun hackle; tail,, 

 the two flies of the hackle. 



AUGUST. 



19. Black Gnat. Body, one of the smallest feathers, 

 of the green plover's top-knot, or of a black harl, to- 

 be dressed short ; wings, the darkest fibres of an old 

 starling's wing feather. 



20. White Moth. Wings, white pigeon's feather;, 

 body, white crewel ; legs, white hen's hackle. 



Although I have classified these flies under the 

 different months, it does not follow by any means 

 that they will kill only in the months named; on 

 the contrary, some of them may be used month after 

 month, particularly the hackle flies, which may be 

 used almost through the season. 



I exhibited samples of the above kinds in my 

 lecture to the Gresham and Islington Angling. 



