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once. Missing, he turned and came again, no1 with a rush, but delib- 

 erately, and took the lure. Be pulled and tugged vigorously, rushed 

 a bit, jumped once, shaking his head savagely, ran inshore, then out 

 again. Then I reeled him in, bu1 three limes he dashed away before 

 I could use the Landing uet. This was the gamest fish caught in the 

 lake, and was no1 much inferior to those taken in the river. Another 

 large example caught in the lake July 20 broke water six times before 

 coming to net, and was really very game. 



Trout appear to he quite abundanl in Kern River, but if is doubtful 

 whether they will long remain so. During the few days we were 

 at Kern Lake, six or seven other parties were camped at or near tlw 

 lake, each party consisting of from two to ten people. One party of 

 two, excellent anglers and true sportsmen, had heen there for more 

 than two months. They fished more or less every day. always with 

 the fly, and usually threw hack all they caught, especially the smaller 

 ones. Another party of two were observed to go out upon the lake 

 every day. tie their dugout to a snag, and devote the entire day to 

 jerking out the trout. They kept it up day after clay, and none was 

 too small for their creel. On one occasion they were noticed to have 

 ;it least thirty fish 6 to 12 inches lone'. And most of the other parties 

 were doing about the same. 



At this rate the trout can not long continue abundant in this stream. 

 All fishing in the lake should be prohibited, the daily catch from the 

 river should be limited to ten fish per rod, and S inches should be the 

 minimum legal size. 



This species was named for Dr. Charles H. Gilbert, Professor of 

 Zoology in Stanford University, who collected the type July 13, 1893, 

 from Kern River at Soda Springs. 



Salmo whitei (Evermann), new species Golden Trout of Soda Creek. 



i See colored plate, page — . ) 



Head 3.22 in length: depth 3.68; eye 1.51 in head; snout 3.33; 

 maxillary 1.72; mandible 1.66; interorbital 3.57; longest dorsal ray 

 2.08; longest anal ray 2.17; pectoral 1.66; ventral 2.17; caudal lobes 

 1.61. Body rather stout, moderately compressed ; head conic ; mouth 

 large, oblique, jaws subequal : maxillary long and slender, reaching 

 much beyond the eye; teeth on jaws, tongue and palatines well 

 developed; caudal peduncle deep, its least depth about equal to distance 

 from tip of snout to middle of eye. Fins well developed; origin of 

 dorsal somewhat nearer tip of snout than base of caudal fin; insertion 

 of ventral about under middle of dorsal fin. Scales small, but noticeably 

 larger than in the Volcano Creek trout. 



( 'olor in life, back and upper part of side light olive: side and back 

 profusely covered with small roundish black spots, these extending on 



