206 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



No. 48. Common uame on tbe McCloucl, " wliite-fisli ; " common name 

 on the Sacramento, " Sacramento pike." McClond Eiver, September 

 29, 1872. Abmidant. 



ISTo. 49. Viscera to Xo. 48. 



No. 50. Same as No. 48. These fish are canght with salmon roe, and 

 are very abundant at this season. (See drawing.) Thev grow here to 

 an average weight of one or two pounds; but in the warmer waters of 

 the Lower Sacramento, say at Sacramento City, they attain a very hirge 

 size. Their flesh is sweet and good, but soft and b*bny. 



No. 51. Viscera to No. 50. 



No. 52. Female salmon. Indian names, mohalic no-oolh = sJie 

 or woman-salmon, and MraiscJi McCloud Elver, September 30. 

 Weight, 18 pounds. Girth, 18| inches. This is a "fall run" fish, and 

 is larger than the average of the " fall run," but not larger than the 

 average of the summer-salmon. 



No. 53. Eed-headed woodpecker. IMcCloud Eiver, California, Octo- 

 ber 8, 1872. Contributed by Hon. B. B. Eedding. 



No. 54. Snake. Head- waters of Sacramento, Octoljer 10, 1872. Con- 

 tributed by B. B. Eedding. 



No. 55. Trout. Indian name, syoo-lott. Sometimes called the red- 

 banded trout. Little Sacramento Eiver at Upper Soda Springs, Oc- 

 ' tober 10, 1872. This trout has an almost scarlet band, extending the 

 whole length of the body, and about as wide as one-fourth the depth of 

 tliefish. The band overlies the lateral line, and is about evenly divided 

 by it. The Indians say that it is^the common mountain-tr-out, and that 

 the scarlet band is found on some, but not on others. (See note.) 



No. 55. The scarlet-bauded trovit appears to be the same as the common mouutain- 

 troiit, the scarlet band being an accidental feature, dependent upon seasons and locali- 

 ties. For instance, on the coast it is rarely seen in its full brightness; in the Lower 

 McClond, th^ troiit liave it in June, and it continues to grow more vivid and deeper- 

 colored till the middle of August, when it leaves them altogether, and does not show 

 itself at all in September and October. Again, at the head-waters of the Sacramento, 

 the golden band is on the trout all the year round, and it is probably the same with 

 the trout at the head-waters of the McCloud. The bright scarlet band is so rare on the 

 coast that the trout fishermen call it a dift'erent variety, and esteem it an unusual 

 prize. (See No. 64, catalogue.) 



No. 50. Eed-banded trout. Head-waters of Sacramento, near Mount 

 Shasta. Temi)erature of water, 46° F. The trout caught in these cold 

 waters are very fine. October 10, 1872. 



No. 57. Eed-banded trout. Head-waters Sacramento, near Mount 

 Shasta, October 10, 1872. 



No. 58. Same as No. 57. 



No. 59. Eed-banded trout. Little Sacramento. Upper Soda Springs, 

 October 10, 1872. 



No. GO. Same as No. 59. 



