MAY, 49 
shade ; head and shoulders a leady ashy color ; body, a buff 
or bees’-wax hue and transparency ; with a black spot on 
each joint alony the back, and a small black line on each 
side, the three last joints darkest. Belly and thighs buff, 
darkening to the feet ; breast dark ; eyes brown. Isa land 
fly, found often on the buts of oak, ash, or other trees ; 
generally with their heads downwards; and may often be 
seen in great numbers, flying about the hedges, from the 
middle of this month through June; and is a fine fleshy 
and rich colored fly—sometimes fished natural. 
Dressed with various materials: wings from the wood- 
cock or partridge, or winged and legged with a bittern 
hackle, or a yellow brown freckled hen ; body, yellow or 
pale amber silk, with open rounds of deep red brown; 
shoulders, tinged with water-rat or squirrel’s ashy fur. 
57TH.—SPOTTED SPINNER.—Length half an inch; wings 
half an inch, of a light transparent ground, beautifully 
spotted with rich dark brown, and reddish towards the 
shoulders, which, with the body, are of an ashy leady hue, 
with green and various reflections; some are a fine light 
blue or azure, darkest on the edge of each joint; thighs, a 
red dim transparency, darkening to the feet. Appear the 
middle of this month, and continue through June. 
58TH.—LITTLE SPOTTED SPINNER.—Full length three- 
eighths ; length, a quarter and a sixteenth ; wings the same 
color as the spotted spinner; clear, marked, and spotted 
with dark brown ; body and shoulders darkish brown, with 
gilded reflections in the sun ; legs a light brown dim trans- 
parency. “Is out in the afternoon and evenings, from the 
middle of this month through June. 
Rankly freckled feather, of neutral ground, may be selec- 
ted from the wild mallard or teal, for the wings of these 
two flies, which are nearly similar in colors; body, dull 
