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valuable of the different species, and its inferiority is mainly that of size. 
It has been artificially propagated by the Canadian government. 
The Kisutch, or Silver Salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, writes Jordan, is 
almost everywhere known by the name of ‘“ Silver Salmon.’’ It has also 
a series of local names. In Kamtchatka it is still known by the name 
‘‘Kisutch,’’ in use in Pennant’s time, a hundred years ago. The name 
‘‘Bielaya Ryba,’’ or ‘‘ White-fish,’’ is also ascribed to it. On Frazer 
River it is known by the Musquaw name of ‘‘ Coho;’’ at Seattle, by the 
Nisqually name of ‘‘ Skowitz ;’? about Cape Flattery by the Makah name 
of ‘‘ Hoopid ;’’ on the Columbia it is called ‘‘ Silver Salmon”? or ‘* White 
Salmon,’’ and southward the same names prevail. It reaches a weight of 
twenty pounds, the usual range being from seven to ten. The Silver 
Salmon enters all the rivers from Sacramento to Behring Island and Kamt- 
chatka. In the fall it is abundant in probably all the rivers. Few or 
none, however, are seen in the spring. They are often taken with seines 
in Puget Sound at all seasons. Like the other fall-running Salmon, they 
seldom ascend the rivers to any great distance. 
THE KETA. 
The Keta, Oncorhynchus keta (Walb.) Gill and Jordan, occurs on the 
Pacific coast from San Francisco northward to Hotham Inlet, Alaska. 
This species, during the period of its run in the fall, generally goes by 
the name of ‘‘ Dog Salmon,’’ under which’ name the males of the Silver 
Salmon, and even of the Quinnat, are often confounded with it. The 
Russians now, as in the time of Pennant, Pallas and Walbaum, call it 
“«Kayko,’’ the name ‘‘Keta’’ (whale) being no longer in use. On 
Frazer River the name (Musquaw) is now ‘‘ Qualoch,’’ at Seattle (Nis- 
qually) ‘‘Ktla-why,’? and in the Chinnook jargon ‘‘Le-Kai.’’? This 
