20 LIST OF FLIES. 
are not so numerous—query, are they male and female? 
Wings, slips from a rankly freckled feather from the 
woodcock, moorcock, or snipe; body, orange silk or mag- 
pie’s gilded harl, with a few fibres of amber mohair, or 
squirrel’s fur at the breast, in imitation of the legs. 
12TH.—HERON SpInvER.’—Full length, about one-eighth 
and one-sixteenth ; length, about the same; wings, one- 
eighth ; when they come out of the water their colors reflect 
the ashy blue shades of the heron, which, with their shape, 
brings that bird to mind ; the wings are very fine and clear, 
they slant down the sides, similar to the duns, but they are 
rounded on the top edges, and, when looked down upon, 
appear of a fine rich blue color; thighs, a pale, dim yellow 
transparency, darkening to the feet; their shoulders are 
round ; body small, and legs long; with a small brush at 
the nose. As the season advances they become yellower ; 
they come out of the water in great numbers this month 
and next, and may be found under stones close by its side, 
and on spider webs. They are good for old smelt. 
Dressed very fine, with small, pale yellow silk; wings, 
from the blue feather of a kingfisher, or blue titmouse ; 
legs, pale yellow mohair. 
13TH.—RoyAL CHARLIE.’—Full length, about half an 
inch; length, a quarter to a quarter and one-sixteenth ; 
wings, three-eighths, which, when closed, are of a light 
ashy ground, broken and crossed into checker work, with 
dark veins, the under sides glossy, dark and woody ; when 
held to the light, the ground is clear ; the dark veins of the 
top ones are back shaded with darker, and there are faint 
cloudy patches of the same hue ; shoulders, head, and body, 
(8) Too diminutive to be of any practical use to the flyfisher. 
(9) Not mentioned by any other authority, but as stated above isa good killer 
on small moorland streams. I prefer it myself dressed hacklewise, with feather from 
a partridge and crimson silk, and in this form it is, I believe, held in high estimation 
by fiyfishers on the river Eden during the early spring months. 
