Trout Planting. 



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mountains and above the falls. (Stock secured at Fish Creek 

 Meadows with seine.) Freeman Creek is a tributary to Little 

 Kern, and Peppermint Creek is a western tributary to Big Kern. 

 August 22d — Planted Clover Creek. 



August 23d — Boggy Meadow Creek, both streams with golden 

 trout (white variety taken in Little Kern with hook and line). 

 Clover Creek is a tributary to the Marble Fork of Kaweah and 

 Boggy Meadow Creek, tributary to Boulder Creek (Kings River 



^' RAINBOW PLANTS. 



August 28th — Elam Creek and head of Boulder Creek. 



August 30th — Fox Meadow Creek, the last three plants are all 

 tributary to Boulder Creek. Stock used were secured in Big 

 Meadow Creek with seine. 



San Francisco, January 10, 1911. 



Dr. David Starr Jordan, 



Stanford University, Cal. 



My Dear Dr. Jordan: I am very anxious to hear what you have 

 to say about the trout* which I secured in the Kern and sent down 

 by Professor Franklin, when you have time to examine it. This 

 trout had none of the golden color whatsoever ; its sides and belly 

 were a deep rusty brown and its general color a sort of sooty gray. 



I do not think that you will find it to be the Gilberti, for I am 

 very familiar with that trout, of course, but it is a trout that is 

 almost lacking in scales and in spots, except on the tail and dorsal 

 fin as the golden trout is marked. In my opinion it is a form of 

 the golden trout which has entered the Kern from Golden Trout 

 Creek and then traveled up to its headwaters, changing its color 

 entirely because of its environment. Very truly yours, 



Wm. E. Colby. 



Stanford University, Cal., January 30, 1911. 

 Mr. William E. Colby, 



Sierra Club, San Francisco, California. 

 Dear Mr. Colby: The fish which you sent me is Salmo 

 Roosevelti. It differs from the type only in lacking the bright red 

 colors. It is very interesting because we have long wondered 

 what the color of these fishes would be under another environ- 

 ment. But I am unable to see how this species of Evermann, 

 Salmo Roosevelti, differs from the original, Salmo aguabonita. 

 The Salmo Whitei is evidently different. Very truly yours, 



David Starr Jordan. 



*This specimen was secured in the Kern-Kaweah River very close to its 

 junction with the main Kern. See Vol. VII, pp. 56-57, Sierra Club 

 Bulletin. 



