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for body, brown red hackle for legs,--tail do. 7. Yellow Legged Blue,--feather from inside of Teal's wing, or lightest part of Starling's wing,--straw coloured silk for body, legs yellow hackle,--tail do. FOR APRIL. 1. Dark Blue,--same as March. 2. Dun Midge,--lightest part of a Thrush's quill feather,--pale yellow silk, ribbed with light orange,--legs yellow hackle. 3. Spider Legs,--rusty coloured feather from Feldfare's back,--lead coloured silk for body, grizzled hackle for legs. 4. Sand Fly,--ruddy mottled feather of hen Pheasant's wing,--reddish fur from Hare's neck, ribbed with light brown silk,--ginger coloured hackle for legs. 5. Green Tail or Grannam,--wings inside of hen Pheasant's wing,--body lead coloured silk, with Peacock's green herl for tail,--legs ginger hackle. 6. Inside of Woodcock's wing,--body orange coloured silk neatly ribbed,--hackle from a grouse for legs. FOR MAY. 1. Grey Midge,--feather from Woodcock's breast,--body of pale yellow silk. 2. Yellow Sally,--pale yellow feather,--body yellow silk,--legs yellow hackle. 3. May Brown,--ruddy grey,--feather from Partridge's back,--olive coloured silk ribbed with light brown for body,--legs, hackles of an olive colour, tail do. 4. Pale Blue,--Sea Swallow for wings,--yellow pale silk for body, ribbed with sky blue,--pale yellow hackles for legs,--tail do.,--Little Stone Blue,--feather from Blackbird inside the wing, or Swift,--brown silk for body, brown hackle for legs. Stone Fly,--Mallard's feather from the back,--very large for wings,--two strands of yellow, and one of drab,--Ostrich herl neatly ribbed,--tie with brown silk.--horns and tail, black cat's whiskers. FLIES FOR JUNE. 1. Little Dark Blue,--inside of Waterhen's wing,--lead coloured silk for body, legs yellowish dun hackle, tail Rabbit's whisker. 2. Pale Blue--light part of Starling's quill feather for wings, pale yellow silk for body, pale yellow dun hackle for legs and tail. 3. June Dun--a feather from Dottrel's back, hackled on a body of blue Rabbit's fur and drab silk, dun hackle for legs. 4. Twitchbell--inside of lightest part of Starling's quill feather for wings, brown hackle for legs, brown Peacock's herl for body. FLIES FOR JULY. 1. Little Olive Blue--Feather of Starling's wing dyed in onion peelings, lead coloured silk for body, ribbed with yellow, dun hackle for legs, stained like the wings, Rabbit's whiskers for tail. 2. Little Black Ant--feather of a Bl
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