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towards the tail, and full towards the shank. Wings four, 
two below from the starling’s wing, and the upper two 
from the partridge’s tail. 
Tue Sprper-Fry.—Body of lead-colored floss-silk ; 
legs of a small black cock’s hackle below and above, witha 
hackle made from the woodcock’s feather, taken from near 
the butt-end of the wing. Hook No. 7. 
Taz Lirrte Jroy-Biuz.—Body of slate-colored mo- 
hair; tail of two fine hairs from a dark sable; legs of a 
fine dun cock’s hackle; wings of the coot’s or starling’s 
wing-feather. Hook No. 9 or 10. 
Tae Buvz-Birow.—Body of mole’s fur; wings of 
the tomtit’s tail-feather. Hook No. 14. 
Tue Hare’s Kar anp Yettow.—Body the dark fur 
of a hare’s ear, mixed with a little yellow mohair; wings 
of a starling’s feather. Hook No. 8. 
Tre Ayt-Friss are of four kinds—the large and small 
red, and the large and small black. The red are tied on 
Nos. 7 and 12. Body of amber mohair, made large 
towards the tail; legs of a red cock’s hackle; wings of a 
starling’s feather. The black have a body of black ostrich 
herl, with a black hackle for legs; wings of the blue 
feather of the jay’s wing. 
Tae Mzaty-Wauite Nieut-Fiy.—Body white rabbit- 
fur, made fully as large as a straw on a No. 5 hook; legs 
of a downy white hackle; wings of the soft mealy feathers 
of the white-owl. 
Tax Mxaty-Brown Niant-Fty.—Body of the same 
size as the preceding, made of the fur of a tabby-rabbii ; 
