Shannon
Tag: Gold tinsel and lemon yellow floss
Tail: Two toppings, scarlet ibis and blue macaw
Butt: Black ostrich herl
Body: Of floss silk, in joints of various colours, pale blue, orange, puce and peagreen, every joint being mounted by a turn of ostrich herl, and over this a hackle of the same tint as the joint
Ribs: Gold thread warped on each joint separately
Throat: One or two golden pheasant rump feathers
Wing: Two bright yellow macaw feathers with black streak down the centre, a strip of dark speckled argus pheasant on either side, and strips of tippet ditto; two or three large toppings over all
Sides: Two or three slips of ibis
Cheeks: Small feathers of purple lory (a Polynesian parrot)
Horns: Blue macaw ribs
Head: Black
Tail: Two toppings, scarlet ibis and blue macaw
Butt: Black ostrich herl
Body: Of floss silk, in joints of various colours, pale blue, orange, puce and peagreen, every joint being mounted by a turn of ostrich herl, and over this a hackle of the same tint as the joint
Ribs: Gold thread warped on each joint separately
Throat: One or two golden pheasant rump feathers
Wing: Two bright yellow macaw feathers with black streak down the centre, a strip of dark speckled argus pheasant on either side, and strips of tippet ditto; two or three large toppings over all
Sides: Two or three slips of ibis
Cheeks: Small feathers of purple lory (a Polynesian parrot)
Horns: Blue macaw ribs
Head: Black