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ered on the back with salmon skin, wliicli is prepared by a secret which 

 the Indians will not disclose. The salmon skin imparts a wonderful 

 elasticity to the bow, which will bend back, when it is unstrung, several 

 years after it is made. Con-choo-loo-la is probably the last of the great 

 chiefs of the McCloud Indians. 



No. 138. Sprig of yew, from the wood of which the Indians make their 

 bows. October 12, 1872. Upper Sacramento River. 



No. 139. Salmon-eggs. McCloud River, California, September, 1873. 



No. 140, Salmon-eggs, showing eye-spots. McCloud River, California, 

 October, 1872. 



No. 141. Young salmon, just hatched and hatching. McCloud River, 

 California, October, 1872. 



No. 142. ShapauUe, (Indian uame.) Clear Lake, Lake County, Cali- 

 fornia, February 5, 1873. Four specimens. 



No. 143. Trout. Clear Lake, Lake County, California, February 5, 

 1873. Twenty-one specimens. 



No. 144. Chy? (Indian name.) Clear Lake, Lake County, California, 

 February 7, 1873. 



No. 145. Male troiit. Supposed to be two yea.rs old. Milt flowing. 

 Cold Creek, Clear Lake, Lake County, California, February 8, 1873. 



No. 14G. Perch. Soda Bay, Clear Lake, California, January 25, 1873. 



No. 147. 1 Clear Lake, California, February 8, 1873. 



No. 148. Shy, (Indian name.) Clear Lake, California, February 10, 

 1873. 



No. 149, Indian cake, made of the nuts of the peiiper-tree. Used 

 as food by the Clear Lake Indians. February 10, 1873. 



No. 150. Spawn of mountain-trout, showing its stage of develop- 

 ment in this variety. Cold Creek, Clear Lake, California, February 10, 

 1873. 



No. 151 Salmon-trout. Kelsey Creek, Clear Lake, California. Girth, 

 just in front of dorsal fin, 9 inches. Milt ripe. Formerly abundant, 

 now becoming scarce. 



Color. — Dark gray on back, shading off to lighter gray and pink, to- 

 ward the lateral line. Gill-covers bright vermilion-red. Band of same 

 color, about f inch wide from giUs to tail j brightest and broadest near 

 the middle. Grayish-pink below red band. Abdomen white underneath, 

 with blotches of grayish-pink. The fishermen say that this is the only 

 variety of trout caught in or about the lake, besides the common moun- 

 tain-trout. The body of the fish was deep and thin ; and very thicklj- 

 dotted above the lateral line and on the caudal, dorsal, and adipose fins 

 with black spots. There were a very few black spots below the lateral 

 line, chiefly near the head and tail. The pectoral, ventral, and anal fins 

 were of a dark-gray color, and without spots. 



No. 152. Sucker. Male. Clear Lake, California. Milt ripe. February 

 10, 1873. Mem. — Suckers and trout in this locality spa^^^l at the same 



