Robert Salter - 1811
wings . lightest starling
body . black ostrich herl - short n thick
legs . small light dun hackle
James Ogden - 1879
wings . light starling
body . black horsehair
legs . starling or black hen
or
wings and legs . 2 turns glossy starling
body . black horsehair with a tag of silver tinsel
T.C.Hoffland - 1839
wings . starling
body . black ostrich herl tied with black silk
H.S.Hall - 188?
wings . quite flat pike scale
body . longish with black ostrich herl stripped
legs . 2 or 3 turns of starling hackle
Francis Francis - 1867
Wing . pale starling low n flat
body . short black ostrich herl
legs . short black hackle if any
St.John Dick - 1873
legs . black hackle (spare)
body . black ostrich herl with 4 turns of grey silk at tip
Clericus - 1854
wings . starling short flat and full
body . black ostrich herl short n thick
legs . fine black hackle
G.C.Bainbridge - 1816
wing . pale starling
body . black ostrich short n thick
hackle . pale dun
R.S.Austin - 1890
Body . purple silk
Rib . fiber of metalic magpie center tail
hackle . dark cock
wings . house sparrow wing divided and upright or young blackbird
Arundo - 1849
hackle . from the underside of a swift wing
body . silk the colour of irish snuff, ribbed with a very fine piece of black ostrich herl wound like an open screw to show the silk
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