DIPT ERA 71 



Curse No. 2 (Dun) : 



Body. Thinnest part of natural brown 

 ostrich. 



Hackle. Dun (hen's) 

 Wings and hook as No. 1. 



(Illustrated, Plate II.) 



Curse No. 3 (Badger) : 



Body, wings and hook as No. 2. 

 Hackle. Cock's badger hackle. 

 (Illustrated, Plate II.) 



Curse No. 4 (Red) :- 



Body. Peacock quill dyed to a crimson 

 lake colour. 



Hackle. Black. 



Wings and hook as No. 1. 



Nos. 2 and 3 should be made also without 

 the fluff being stripped off the quill, which 

 in this case should be used just as peacock 

 herle is used. 



THE OAK-FLY (Leptis scolopacea, Linn.) 



This fly, notwithstanding its popular 

 name, is found on many other trees, and I 

 have seen it in places where there were 

 no oak-trees near. It kills very well, and 



