82 FEATHERS FOR FLIES' WINGS. 



8-9. Were taken from a game hen, and are 



fine in the speckle, and good working feathers ; 

 alders and march browns are sometimes 

 imitated with this feather. 



10-1 1. Are Bittern feathers, which have a great 



variety of colour and marking ; no finer imita- 

 tion can be found for some of the sedges, &c. 

 The fibre is soft and silky and marries very 

 well. 



