Major

Mixed Wing, Rev. A. Williams, early 19th century. Pattern as per Francis Francis.

Tag: Silver twist and ruby floss
Tail: Fibres of bustard hackle, tippet and a topping
Body: Two turns of medium blue, ditto of dark orange, about four or five of bright claret, and two more of blue pig's wool, the blue wool picked out in longish fibres at the shoulder
Ribs: Silver tinsel and gold twist side by side
Hackle: A red claret hackle, commencing from the orange wool
Throat: A bustard hackle, and after the wing is put on, a yellow hackle
Wing: The wing is composed of a white ribbed snipe's feather, with longish tippet on either side; over this bustard and golden pheasant tail in strips, with red, blue, and greenish yellow fibres (swan), and over ail a topping
Head: Black