248 The Trouts of America 



of the Beardslee trout being larger, and the body 

 is cleaner built and less stout. 



The third and final subspecies of the steel- 

 heads was also found in Lake Crescent, Wash- 

 ington, and is known as " the speckled trout of 

 Lake Crescent " [Salmo gairdneri crescentis). It 

 is more slender than the Beardslee trout, and can 

 be distinguished from it by the yellowish red 

 spots on the lower fins, the former having only 

 small black spots on the caudal and dorsal fins. 

 The speckled trout may also be known on sight 

 by a large black blotch on the cheek, below 

 the eye, and behind the premaxillary (bones form- 

 ing front portions of the upper jaw). I have 

 no personal knowledge of the fighting qualities 

 of this Lake Crescent trout, but from the sparse 

 reports received, would judge it to be an active 

 game fish with the leaping traits of the other 

 steelhead forms. 



