Marshall,1938 7. Otus flammeolus Whitakers - contin. bird.Is this near a center of the population or are they as common but unnoticed in other areas(i.e.Grinnell in Yosemite - none heard or seen in that entire area)? Extention into transition zone.Frabably only requirement is stand of conifers over dry hillsides (indication of gt. basin origin?). Where are females?Silent or brooding?Times when males change tone may indicate presence of females. If they are brooding,why aren't the males at the nest feed- ing the m? Whitakers Forest June 4 Clear,calm;¼ moon. Public camp above place where #377 shot.lst at stream; evasive as usualat first.More interested later & follow- ed me along road,stopping at various high,con- cealed perches to give series of single hoots. Stopped in grove young Sequoias at roddnear three sister Big Trees. Seen as flew across interior of clump/,.Distinctive variation of triple call: 4 syll. - bootle-opp,boop; etc. walked 125 yd. away,still heard in spite of we water and low intervening ridge.Probably can be geard 300 yd in clear.Thought heard another down hill.lst followed me down - seen in branch Ponderosa Pine in lower, more open clump.Flew from perch, flitting like insect with rapid wingbeats --I-e-deesn8t-j- i.e. doesn't jump then fly, but proceeds entirely by wings.Indi- cates relatively greater strength of wings associated with pursuit of flying insects? June 7 None in place visited June third & revisited this evening.Cold, stormy night; high wind, couldn't hear.Heard at eressing-of- crossing of Wortman's road & main highway, ½ mi.below camp.Crose described t± call as pigeon-like %-eerre.Persistant hooting at 6 sec. intervals.Calling in spite of storm. Ventriloquial.Often changed pitch(lower) after moving; and when in one place would change pitch or quality making sound seem to came from