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277. Female salmon; weight, 19 pounds; girth, 19£ inches ; full of eggs 



nearly ripe ; McCloud River, California, August 15, 1873 ; very 

 slimy, but not in bad condition. 



278. Female salmon ; weight, 8 pounds; girth, 14 inches ; McCloud 



River, California, August 15, 1873; full of eggs nearly ripe. 



279. Grilse ; McCloud River, California, August 15, 1873. 



280. Large male salmon ; milt ripe and good ; weight, 26 pounds; girth, 



23 inches ; McCloud River, California, August 17, 1873 ; in good 

 condition, but dark and slimy ; first ripe male taken. 



281. Pyloric appendages of 280, (in jar.) 



282. Trout, (see drawing;) probably an aged individual; fins and tail 



worn considerably ; thin and slab-sided ; weight, 4 pounds ; girth, 

 11 inches; caught with a hook; McCloud River, California, 

 August 18, 1873. 



283. Lizard, (local name "salamander";) McCloud River, California, 



August 18, 1873. 



284. Stomach of No. 282. 



285. Male salmon, (see drawing ;) weight, 28 pounds ; girth, 23 inches ; 



scales all absorbed; one of the largest caught this season; 



McCloud River, California, August 20, 1873. 

 280. 

 287. 



288. Trout, Utah Lake. 



289. Snub-nosed trout, San Andres Lake ; spawning-season. 



290. Fish from Utah Lake. 



291. Fish from Utah Lake. , 



292. Trout from Utah Lake. 



293. Trout from Utah Lake. 



294. Fish from Utah Lake. 



295. Trout from Utah Lake. 

 29G. Trout from Utah Lake. 



297. Trout from McCloud River, July, 1873. 



298. Salmon-skin, McCloud River, August, 1873. 



299. Trout, McCloud River, August, 1873. 



300. Trout, McCloud River, August, 1873. 



301. Split-tail, (herring,) same as Sacramento split-tail, McCloud River, 



August 23, 1873. 



302. Grilse, McCloud, August 26, 1873. 



303. Grilse, McCloud, August 26, 1873. 



304. Male salmon ; weight, 28 pounds; girth, 22 inches; McCloud River, 



September 1 , 1873. 



305. Male salmon ; weight, 20 pounds; girth, 21 inches; McCloud River, 



September 2, 1873. 



306. Jar of young trout and salmon, McCloud River, September 2, 1873. 



307. Trout, McCloud River, California, September 3, 1873. 



308. Trout, September 3, 1873, McCloud River. 



