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Mr. (;«.ri.-e T. Mills, state lish .■..minissioner <.f Nevada, wlm had iveeive.l tli 

 from Mr. A. C. Harvey, (if Lone Pine. Inyo ('oiinty. Cal. The nieimiranduni aeeoni- 

 panyinu' the specimens wiien they came into Dr. Jordan's possession was to the 

 erteet that the tish had heen ■• takiMi l>y Mr. llai'vey, of Lone Pine, Cat., in a stream 

 ealli'd liy him ' \\'hitney ('reek" (more rorreelly N'oleano Creek), on the west side of 

 tlu^ Sierras neai' .Moimt Whitney." Dr. Jortlan described these specimens as a 

 new sul)speeies under the name Sit/z/m mi/J.-iss iKjiui-lioiiiln \\\ the Pro<'(>edin_i>-s of the 

 V . S. National Museum for 18ii2', payv 4sl. 



In 1S!»1 membeis of the Death Valley Expedition of the V . S. Biological Survey 

 collected a number of trout in this reo-ion. as follows: Mi-. \'ernon Bailey, 2 specimens 

 from Volcano Creek in \\'liitney (Volcano) Meadows; Mr. F. Stevens, '1 specimens 

 from South Fork of Kern Kiver, and Mr. B. II. Dutcher, -1 specimens from Cotton- 

 wood Creek. These were examined l)y Dr. ('has. II. Gilbert, who repoited on them, 

 in North American Fauna No. T as Siilnic //////■/.vx (Kjiia-lxiiiitit. 



In the summer of isit;; Dr. (iilbert visited the Kern Biver re,<;iou and 

 obtained specimens of trout from Kern Bi\er at Soda Spi-in.u' and fi-oni \'olrano 

 Creek. The former were d.'seribed l)y Dr. .lordan in ls!»4' as Salun, ,j,inuln.n 

 ,j;ih,i-i;.>' 



It has since developed tiiat the specimens siMit t( 

 and upon which Dr. .ior.lan based his description of 

 not come from Whitney (NOlcano) Creek. l)ut from 

 therefore identical with the trout of the South Fork < 

 the original stock of Cottonwood Creek. 



Trout seem to be abundant in the South Fork o 

 few minutes at the tunnel I caught 8 good examjiles. . 

 lection contains a total of 4u specimens from 4 to s 



(pialities of these trout are good. They take the Hy readily, and for their size make 

 a good tight. They can apparently be taken at any time of day and with any sort 

 of lure. How far down the South Fork of the Kei-n they are found is not known, 

 but it is likely they occur well toward the mouth of that stream. They jiroitably do 

 not attain a greater weight than one or two pounds in tlu^ South Ftirk. but it is saitl 

 they reach a much greater size in the Cottonwood Lakes. I ha\c l)een told that trout 

 weighing 5 pounds have been caught in those lakes, but ihi^ in'ciU vcM-itication. 



Professor Ilenshavv gives the following very interesting account of the habits of 



In tlie tril)iit;iri>'s of the Soiitli I>'orli of tlie Kern liiver these trout are found in very i;reat 

 abamiance, each pool and rapid numbering its linny denizens V)y tlie score. Tliey may be talcen in 

 any sort of weather, at any hour of the day, hy ahnost any kind of liait. During tlie heat of the day 

 they frequent almost entirely the deeper pools, lying under overshadowing rocks or in the shade of 

 ^i'liic convenient log. In early morning or late afternoon they (-ome out and run more into tlie shat- 

 liw < and rapids, under which circumstances they bite best and afford the finest sport, bike the 

 :i\' Tiiije brook trout, the species rarely attains any considerable size, ranging from 4 to 8 or more 

 inches in length. Their colors are usually very hright, and for beauty thi.s species takes rank among 

 the foremost of its kind and has been well called the "golden trout." In this respect, however, it is 

 Miliject to the usual variation obtaining in the family, the change of color not only accompanying a 

 difference in locality, hut being plainly discernible in individuals taken in different parts of the same 



