184 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



19. — ANSWERS TO QUERIES CONCERNING THE SACRAMENTO SALMON, 

 GIVEN IN THE ORDER OF PROFESSOR BAIRD'S PRINTED LIST OF 

 QUESTIONS ENTITLED " QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE FOOD FISHES 

 OF THE UNITED STATES. 



(The capital letters indicate the topics; the figures refer to the ques- 

 tions.) 



A. — Name. 



Question 1. What is the name by which this fish is known in your 

 neighborhood! If possible, make an outline sketch for better identi- 

 fication. 



Answer. The salmon of the Sacramento Eiver which are caught at 

 or below Sacramento City are known by the name of the Sacramento 

 salmon. The salmon which are caught above Sacramento City take the 

 name of the stream or the locality at which they are caught, as, for in- 

 stance, the salmon caught in the mill-brook near Tehama are called 

 Tehama salmon. So with the McCloud salmon and Pit Eiver salmon, 

 although all these fish are the proper Sacramento salmon. The grilse 

 is very often called the salmon-trout, w^hich confusion of names is likely 

 at first to mislead a new-comer. In every instance which came under 

 my observation on the tributaries of the Sacramento I found that sal- 

 mon-trout invariably meant only a salmon grilse, with the single excep- 

 tion of the ivye-dar-deeJcit. (See No. 27 and No. 68 of the catalogue ol 

 specimens.) 



The spawning male salmon of the tributaries is called the dog-salmon 

 or dog-toothed salmon, and is supposed by the uninformed to be a difier- 

 ent fish from the Sacramento salmon, though it is the same in a different 

 stage. 



The Indian names for the McCloud salmon in their different stages 

 are as follows : 



Salmon Noo-oolli. 



Male salmon Cbarrk. 



Female salmon . . , . . K6-raisch. 



Grilse K6-ri iilcli. 



Black salmon Clioo-loo-loo noo- 



onlb. 

 W^hite (emaciated) 



salmon A»5e-teppem. 



Late "Fall salmon". E^e-par-t6ppem. 



McClond salmon Winni-mame noo- 



oolb. 

 Young salmon f ry. . . Koo-oot^t uoo-oulh. 



Salmon eggs Poo-oop. 



Salmon skin Noo-oolh irritclia. 



Dead salmon Min-nal noo-oolh. 



(For outline sketch of salmon see drawings accompanying the Smith- 

 sonian specimens.) 



B. — Distribution. 



Question 2. Is it found throughout the year, or only during a certain 

 time ; and for what time ? 



Answer. Salmon are found in the Sacramento River, at and below 

 Sacramento City, at all times of the year. They are found in the Mc- 

 Cloud Eiver from March to November. (See tables, pp. 181 and 183.) 



