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 Nov., 190q TIIE FI4AMMU1.ATED SCREECH OWL 201 most striking feature to me was the mild look of her face, which appeared very dif- ferent in aspect from that of other owls I had met with. Presently I discovered that this was due to the eyes, which, instead of having a yellow iris as in other owls, were a dark chocolate brown. Dr. Coues makes no mention of this feature, and I FLAMMuLATED SCREECH O'L (AT LEFT) AND PIGMV O'L (AT RIGHT), SHO%'ING DARK-COLORED E'ES OF FORMER FLAMMULATED SCREECH OWL; NOTE BLUNTNESS OF PLUMICORNS do not know whether it is in- cluded in any description as yet. The photograph shows this very plainly, the differ- ence being easily noticed when compared with the Pigmy Owl shown in the picture to the right. The photograph also shows the stubbiness of the plumicorns. The eggs ill the set were fresh and were lying on the chips in the bottom of the cavity, which was twenty-five feet up in a pine stub. The growth at this point consisted of scattering pines and firs. The altitude was 7700 feet. On May 30 I startled an- other femaleflammeola from her nest in a Flicker's hole, twelve feet up in an oak tree growing in the bed of a can- yon on the west slope of the Huachucas, at an altitude of 6000 feet. I left the two eggs and returning June 11 secured the full set, in- cubation well along. The bird left the nest as I climbed up, and alighted on a drooping branch near the entranc.e. I dropt down and, picking up my camera,