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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