VARIETIES OF ARTIFICIALS. 149 



with pale blue silk ; legs, a pale dun hackle ; wings, 

 from a starling's short quill feather. 



MAY AND AUGUST SHADES (Yellow Dun of May) 

 Body, palish yellow mohair, mixed with a little 

 pale blue fur, spun upon palish yellow silk ; wings, 

 young starling's or fieldfare's quill; legs, a light dun 

 hackle, freckled with yellow. 



Hare's Ear Dun. Body, blue mole's fur, dressed 

 with silk of a pronounced yellow ; wings, from the 

 redwing's quill ; legs, hare's fur from behind the ear. 



The name of this dressing is taken, for convenience 

 sake, in common with the rest here given in brackets, 

 from the nature of the material used in the copies of 

 the graduated shades of the naturals, which periodi- 

 cally occur as the season advances and recedes. 



IN JUNE SHADE (Golden Dun), to be tied or 

 dressed with deep yellow silk, neatly ribbed with fine 

 gold wire ; wings from a young starling's longer fiberia 

 quill ; legs, a palish dun hackle, freckled with yellow. 



The common Yellow Dun is the same dressing, 

 minus the gold tassel, the waxed tying silk being 

 used for the formation of the body. 



Those of JULY (Pale Evening White). Body a 

 little white fur spun on pale buff-coloured silk. 

 Wings the palest part of a young starling's wing 

 feather ; legs a pale dun hackle. 



Pale Evening Dun. Body, yellow martin's fur, 

 spun sparingly on yellow silk ; wings, starling, 

 slightly stained yellow ; legs, a brassy dun hackle. 

 A pale blue hackle, stained in weak yellow dye, forms 

 an excellent substitute. 



