. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. ^^ THE The Keta, Oncorhynclius keia (Walb.), Gill and Jordan, occurs on thePacific coast from San Francisco northward to Hotham Inlet, species, during the period of its run in the fall, generally goes bythe name of Dog Salmon, under which name the males of the SilverSalmon, and even of the Quinnat, are often confounded with it. TheRussians now, as in the time of Pennant, Pallas and Walbaum, call itKayko, the name Keta (whale) being n
. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. ^^ THE The Keta, Oncorhynclius keia (Walb.), Gill and Jordan, occurs on thePacific coast from San Francisco northward to Hotham Inlet, species, during the period of its run in the fall, generally goes bythe name of Dog Salmon, under which name the males of the SilverSalmon, and even of the Quinnat, are often confounded with it. TheRussians now, as in the time of Pennant, Pallas and Walbaum, call itKayko, the name Keta (whale) being no longer in use. OnFrazer River the name (Musquaw) is now Qualoch, at Seattle (Nis-qually) Ktla-why, and in the Chinnook jargon Le-Kai. This 484 AMERICAN FISHES. species is very uniform in its size, and averages ten to twelve pounds. Itis seldom or never seen in the rivers in spring.
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