82 lUTLLKTIN (IK TIIK HIIKKAir OK KISHERIES. 



inai-iiu'fl with white; pectoral yellowish; aiitorior half of veiitial ami anal liiis red- 

 (li.sh; adipo.se tin margined with i)lacl<: side not silvery except in small individuals, hnt 

 irregular^ blotched with color sinnlarto innnaliirr markings; lateral hand not cdn 

 tinuons, but broken In blotches on immature example and not extending to caudal 

 or to cheek; color of band light brick red. lighter red on cheeks. 



Ill alcohol these trout closely resend)le those from South Fork Meadows. The 

 spots, however, appear to be rather larger and less regular in form. They dillcr 

 from the Threerivers trout in being decidedly more spotted Ixdow the lateral line; 

 the spots, however, are of the same shape in these two groups. In lii'e these Tule 

 trout resembled the South Fork Meadow trout in their bright coloration, liut it was 

 noticed then that the black spots were ditferent in shape. The 9 examjiles caught ii; 

 Middle Tule ranged from 5.75 to !) inches in total length, and closely resemble those 

 taken in Middle Fork of Kaweah above Threeiivers. 



II. Salmo clarkii Kichardson. C,it-thn>.if Tnmt. 



Four specimens obtained from ^Marble Fork, one-half mile above the bridge on 

 the road to tlu^ (iiant Forest, are evidently introduced tish and are referred to the 

 above species. The following color notes are furnished by Dr. Jenkins: 



Sjiecimen H: Length, 12.25 inches. Body dark, olivaceous dusky; belly dirl\ 

 white, with a show of yellow in places; sides dull coppery red, no distinct band: 

 lower part of side yellowish; opercle and preopercle dull coppery red; few spots on 

 the anterior part of body, thes(> f(>w being confined to top of head, a very few in 

 front of dorsal; spots on caudal peiliuule and in the space between the adipose and 

 dorsal tins; dorsal with \ or 5 rows of spots with a black outer margin, no white ti])s; 

 caudal with about 5 transverse r iws of black spots; pectorals, ventrals. and anal 

 dusky; anterior tips of ventrals white: conspicuous coppery orange band on each 

 side of throat (cut- throat maik). 



Specimen C: In comparison with above, general color lighter. th(> riMldish color 

 of sides indistinct and narrow: sides of head indistinct reddish: bands on throat con- 

 spicuous orange; spots on body much more numerous, extending from dorsal to tip 

 of snout; a few on the sides; tins like the i)receding. 



Specimen D: Lighter than C, otherwise similar, except that reddish color on sides. 

 of head is more noticeable; marks present on throat, but not so consiiicucnis as in ( '. 



Specimen E: Similar to D. marking on throat conspicuous. 



INTRODUCTION OF TROUT INTO STREAMS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH SIERRAS. 



During the last twenty-ti\e or thirty years commendable interest and activity 

 have been .shown by the citizens of Tidare County in conserving, the sui)i)ly of food 

 and game fishes of their portion of the state. This activity has numifested itself in 

 securing consignments of trout and other .species from the state and federal gov(M-n- 

 ments and in transplanting native trout to barren waters. This excellent work has 

 been brought about through various agencies. In the first place, a rancher, observing 

 that certain streams, apparently well suited to trout, were wholly without fi.shes of any 

 kind, would undertake to stock the barren stream by tran.splanting trout from some 

 near-by waters. The equipment for the work, though usually quite primitive — prob- 

 ably consisting merely of a tin can, a cofleepot, or bucket— was often adeeiiiate. and 



