The Flammulated Screech Owl 



FLAMMULATED SCREECH OWL 



devices. But the iris of the Flammulated Owl is of a dark chocolate 

 brown, imparting to the bird a curious, mild expression entirely at variance 

 with Otian traditions. Whether this color operates as a handicap in hunt- 

 ing, we cannot say; but it does increase our desire to know more about 

 this avian sphinx. 



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