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blue at the edges. Head, shoulders, body, and thighs, a 
dark brown dun color, with the light side marks on the 
body ; legs and feet a light stone color. Is hatching this 
month, and out in the daytime and evenings, into August, 
when they may be seen on bridges or on spider webs. 
Wings from a blackbird’s wing feather that has a reddish 
tinge on the under side; body coppery silk, tinged with 
water-rat’s fur; hen hackle or hairs from the hare’s ear for 
legs. 
75TH.—BLAcK Dun.”—Full length, three-eighths to near 
half an inch; length, a quarter or better; feelers, five- 
eighths to an inch. Is altogether of the bright black hue 
of the crow ; the legs and feelers rather browned. Hatches 
this month. Small groups may be seen flying near the 
edges of the navigation, at 6 p.m., through July. 
Wings from the water-hen, coot, or crow; body and 
shoulders dark leady brown silk, with a few fibres of dark 
brown mohair at the breast for legs. 
76.—Wuite Dun” (or Bustard).—Full length near or 
about an inch’; length, three quarters to seven-eighths. The 
top wings are near seven-eighths, and slant down over the 
sides, like the duns. The top sides are a glossy silvery white, 
the under-sides freckled with brown; the other parts are 
all of a light tawny amber, and yellow shades. The breast, 
head, shoulders, and body, are thickly laid with a fine down 
of the same hues, with a long yellow silken fringe at the 
back of each thigh. The shoulders are thick, and about 
(40] Vide the preceding note. 
(41) In Yorkshire, night fishing with the natural ‘ Bustard”’ is little indulged 
in by anglers, but on the Eden, in the Carlisle and Appleby districts, very heavy 
baskets of large trout are taken by the local experts; neither Jackson or Ronalds 
mention this fly, which isin reality a moth. Mr. Francis gives the following dress- 
ing for its imitation : body, white crewel or white ostrich harl; legs, white hen’s 
hackle ; and wings, either a couple of slips of white goose feather, or a bit of the 
soft underwing of the grey owl; hook No. 6 or 6. 
