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ings slight. Head, shoulders, body, feelers, and legs, a dim 
yellow—some have three whisks, and a little darker, and 
some a shade darker generally. 
From their varying in sizes and shade there may be two 
species of this beautiful little drake. They begin to hatch 
early this month, and may be seen nearly through the sea- 
son. They cast their skins and become a light red drake. 
Blue-dun feathers from a tern or sea swallow, for wings ; 
body, yellow or straw colored silk; with a few fibres of 
amber fur, from the squirrel, at the breast. 
48TH.—Licut Rep DraKxe.—About the size of the light 
drake. Wings exceedingly slight and colorless, scarcely 
visible but for their slight red sparklings; body light red 
or amber, a shade darker on the back; legs and whisks a 
light dim red ; eyes cockling. Are out in the daytime and 
evenings. 
Fine small red cock’s-hackle for wings and legs ; amber 
silk for body. 
49TH.—Fartep Dun.*--Full length, better than half an 
inch ; length, three-eighths; feelers, three-eighths ; wings 
near half an inch, slightly downed, and of a darkish ches- 
nut brown tinge and transparency, veined, and slightly 
freckled with sparklings of gold in the sun. Head, shoul- 
ders, back, and belly, a dark leady dun, with light coppery 
side lines; legs coppery, with its tarnish of blue—when 
taken has a singular smell. 
They commence hatching the latter end of April, and 
continue through June, increasing to great numbers; and 
may be seen after sunset sporting by the water sides—fly- 
ing among the willows, and running along the battlements 
of bridges. 
Wings from the landrail or the light chesnut feather from 
(30) ‘‘ Foetid Brown” of Francis, but as that authority remarks, does not bear 
any very high reputation among anglers. 
