,LI':TIN III'- TIIK nUKKAI' of KISUKKIES. 



aii-l.T tliuii I. llr lirsl .■in-led al.<Hit in a wide ciirvr. Ilicn jnin|)(M| twice. clrariiiL. 



tlir water heantihlll.V eaeli time: eil-eied a>jain. went t<i llie Ixitt ill water 1(1 feel 



d,M.|,. eaiiie tu the surfa.'e and jumped a-ain. after which ii.i more leaps wore made. 

 hut he cuntiniied dasliiiie- alxiiit until linally hroun-ht to net. 



Another e-ood-si/ed <'xani|)le (2 pounds) was taken .Inly li» at the drift in the 

 l..wereiid of the lak<'. This Hsh wa^ seen m\ inmiiiie- sh.wl y down tlie hlUc at ad.'pth 

 of ahout ;; feet. A i-asf hroiiuht a ri-e at once. Missinj:-. he turned mid wiiue ayain. 

 not with a rush, hiit .leliherately, and took the lure. lie pulled and tllfro-od vigoi- 

 oiisly. rushed a hit. juiiipiMJ once, shakine- his head sava.evlv. ran inshore then out 

 aKiiin. Then I reele.l him in. hut three tim.'s he dashed away before I could use the 

 landing- net. This was the earnest lish (-aught in the lake, and was not nmeh inferior 

 to tho.se taken in the river. .Another large e.xami)le caught in the lake July -JO l.roke 

 water six times hefore coming to net. and was really M-ry game. 



Trout aj.p.-ar to he (|uite ahuii<L-int in Kern l!i\cr. hut it is doubtful whether 

 they will long remain so. During the few ilays w<- w,-i-e at Kern Lak.-. six or .seven 

 other parties were i-.impeil at or iieai- the lake, each parly consisting (d' from two to 

 ten people. One party of two. excellent anglers and true sportsmen, had been there 

 f.u- more than two m,.iiths. They lished more or le>s every day. always with the llv. 

 aii.l usually tlir<-w ba(-k all they , -aught, especially the smaller oii.-s. Another party 

 of two were observed to go out upon the hike every day, tie their tlugout to a snag, 

 and devote the entire <lay to j(-rking out the trout. They kept it up day after day, 

 and none was too small for their (-reel. On one occasion they wer(> noticed to liaxc 

 at least :M> Hsli (J to l:^ inches long. .And most of the othei- parties were doing about 

 the same. 



At this rate the troul (-an not long (-ontinue abundant in this stream. All fishing 

 in the lake should lie pidhibit(-d. ihe dail\ (-al(-li from the river should !»> limited to 

 10 tish per rod, and S iii,-lies should be the minimum legal size. 



This spe(-ies was named for Dr. Charles H. Gilbert, professor of zoology in 

 Stanford rniversity, who (-olle(-ted the tyi)e .inly 13, 1S!>3, from Kern River at Soda 

 Spring. 



Sabno gaivhnn <,ilhrrll .Terdan, Tliirte.-ntli l!i(-iinial Kc|.ei-t State tieani Fisli ( 'eiiiiiiissieners Califernia 



f,,rlS!):i-m (1S1I4). p. l-i:;, with jilale. 

 Sulmo :ri,lrns ,,,ll,rri:. .Tenlaii ,;• Kvcrninnn, 1- ish.-s Nertli aii.l :Mi.l. Amcr., M)2, IWIH. Jordan & Kver- 



niann, AiiMTi(-aii Fe,,,l and ( ciine Fishes, I'Ul, 1!K)L', 



7. Salmo whitei Kvermaim. new species. (ioUh-n Trout of Sod<( Creel: 

 (l'lat(- \vi,) 

 llea.1 :\.±> in length: depth :;.(iS; eye 4,51 in head: snout ^!.:;:!: maxillary l.Tli: 

 maudibh- l,t;(i: interorbital :;.."m: longest dorsal ray i',(is: longest anal ray -J. 17: 

 l)e(-toral f.dC; venti-al '2.17; (-audal lobes l.tJl. liody rather stout, moderately (-0111- 

 jiressed; head conic; mouth large, obli(|ue, jaws su])e(|ual; maxillary long and sleiuler. 

 reac-hiiig nuu-h beyond the eye; teeth on jaws, tongue and jialatines w(dl (h'\(doped; 

 (-audal peduiK-le deej). its h-ast depth ab,mt e(|iial to distari(-e from tij) of snout to 

 middle of eye. Fins well (lev(-loped: origin of dorsal somewhat nearer tip of snout 

 than base of (-audal liii; insei-tion of ventral about under middle of dorsal tin. Scales 

 small, but noti(-eably larger than in the Vol.-ano Creek trout. 



