HOW THE TROUT CAME TO CALIFORA T IA. 283 



The trout in the main Kern River grow to a large 

 size. Others have clambered into the mountain 

 meadows, and they are very small and very bright 

 in color. Those separated from the rest by the 

 falls of Agua Bonita 1 in Volcano Creek, on the 

 flanks of Mount Whitney, are now noticeably dif- 

 ferent from any other which we know. The scales 

 are very small, and barely touch each other; the 

 fins and bands are yellow, and not red ; the cut- 

 throat mark is yellow too, and the black spots are 

 profusely scattered everywhere. In color like the 

 Yellow-fin Trout of the Colorado Lakes, this Golden 

 Trout of Mount Whitney is different in other re- 

 spects ; and of all the trout on record it is smallest 

 and prettiest. From Agua Bonita anglers have 

 taken it to the east side of Mount Whitney, and it 

 is now found in the rivers running down into 

 Owen's Lake. 



The trout ascended the San Joaquin, sent up 

 also side colonies not only to the Kern but to 

 King's River, the Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, 

 Calaveras, Moquelumne, and all the other moun- 

 tain tributaries. What changes took place in these 

 streams we do not know, for it will take a long 

 time to go a-fishing in them all. There is enough 

 yet to be found out in the Sierra Nevada to in- 

 terest ichthyologists and anglers alike for many 

 future generations. 



The San Joaquin meets the Sacramento end to 

 end, and the two break through the Coast Range 

 to the sea. In the Upper Sacramento is occasion- 



1 The Golden Trout of Mount Whitney is Salmo gairdneri agiia 

 bonita Jordan. 



