Nov., 1909 
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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. Cones makes no mention of this feature, and I 
FUMMULATED SCREECH OWE (AT LEFT) AND PIGMY OWL (AT RIGHT), 
SHOWING DARK-COLORED EYES OF FORMER 
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 in 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 female flammeola 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 entrance, I dropt down and, picking up my camera, 
FLAMMULATED SCREECH OWL; NOTE BLUNTNESS 
OF PLUMICORNS 
