JZ UriJ.KTTN OF THK Hl'KKAr OK KISHKRIKS. 



oivatcr imiiilH>r of spots, and particuliirly in tlif i)rcs(Mic<' of spots t)Plow the latfial 

 line. They diil'i'i- from tiie six .specinu^ns obtained in South Foi-i< of Kaweali near 

 Threerivers in having more spots below the lateral line and having the sjjots much 

 more nearlv round; besides, those from Threeiivers in life were decidedly dif^eirni 

 ill color, as shown by the life-color notes. 



The collection contains 10 .specimens from the South Fork of the Kaweali Hi\ cr 

 at South Fork Meadows and 3 from Soda Creek at Quimis Horse Camp, about ."> 

 miles distant. Besides these specimens, we examined perhaps '25 others from tho-r 

 two plac^es. They range in length from 5.5 to 7.75 inches and are quite uniform in 

 size. They show little oi- no more variation in color than is indicated hy the pre- 

 ceding descriptions. ' 



The collection also contains live specimens from Wet Meadow Creek, which are 

 in some respects the finest that were obtained. They range in length from 7 to 9.75 

 inches and show some variation in spotting. The smallest two of these are more 

 sparsely spotted than any of the others; nevertheless they show spots the full length 

 of the side and some spots below the lateral line. The largest specimen (cotype No. 

 53398, U. S. N. M., 9.75 inches long) is rather more completely spotted than tlie 

 type. The two other Wet Meadow Creek specimens (cotypes), although laigcr than 

 the type, are spotted v^ery much like it. 



A large number of examples were examined from Little Kern, taken ciiietiy in 

 the vicinity of Broder's cabin; of these, three were .saved. They agree in all 

 respects with those from South Fork Meadows. 



Forty-four excellent specimens were obtained from Coyote Creek. These were 

 taken at various places between the headwaters and the mouth of the stream. This 

 creek has several falls which doubtless at present are barriei-s to the ascent of iish: 

 nevertheless trout are found throughout the entire length of the stream, and are 

 abundant immediately below and above each of the falls. Evidently the peopling of 

 tiie entire stream was accomplished before the falls were formed or became impass- 

 able barriers. An examination of the large series of specimens shows them to l)e a 

 \ery perplexing lot; the amount of variation among them is very great, and it is not 

 without hesitation that I refer them all provisionally to xS'a/w^rv -wlutel. In general 

 they all agree essentially in being well spotted, although occasionally a specimen is 

 seen with fewer spots below the lateral line. The spots, however, vary consideralily 

 in size; in some they are larger than in the South Fork Meadows tish, in others they 

 are smaller; in many the spotting is more complete. In life some examples were 

 ([uite dark in general coloration, and several .showed red or yellow between the rami 

 of the lower jaw. An effort was made to see whether these differences could be cor- 

 related in any way with different particular parts of the stream, and there is consider- 

 able evidence that such correlation can be made. It is believed that all the specimens 

 taken between any two falls agTce better among themselves than they do with those 

 from any other portion of the stream, and it seems that we have here a number of 

 differentiations now in progress which promise to become of taxononiic value. For 

 the present these trout are all considered to l)e conspecific with those from South 

 Fork Meadows and Soda Creek. 



As stated elsewhere in this report, {\w headwaters of the South Fork of the 

 Kaweah were orio-inallv without trout and were stocked witii Iish from Soda Creek 



