Marshall,1938 Otus flammeolus Whitakers Forest,5500 ft.,10 mi. NE Badger, Tulare Co.,Calif. June 22 After dark,clear,calm, no wind. Entered screech owl terr. at end road at NW corner prop- erty.Remained silent until after arrival.Heard no owls. Then gave calls & in 10 min., 2,presum- ably males, were answering.I continued to call, & remained seated & quiet?;soon both were in tre nearby, one calling louder & a major third above the soft tones or the other. The loudly-calling bird had been closest at the start,& may very well have been the "owner" of that part of the terr. as indicated by his dominant voice. Both birds withdrew after a while,their curiosity waning;and the soft-voiced bird was followed 75 yd. to the W. In a clump of young cedars next to a large black oak this bird & another silent companion were perched; on interior branches, 8' up & within 5' of each other.By this time the other male had arrived & had resumed calling from a fir near at hand.The two birds in the spotlight, I supposed to be a mated pair, the male hooting, the female silent. They made no particular actions toward ea ch other; the male' s hoots were clear, not the throaty sound given when two males meet.(Previously, when both males were together in the same tree, the other male had given the characteristic rushing hoots.) Both were very tame,were approached to within 10' and sat still in the light and peered at it & at me when I hooted. The male presently turned on his perch & flew higher & out of sight, where he exchanged calls with the other male far some time .The female (?) remained below & peered at me with that peculiar rotary motion (IN the frontal plane) so characteristic of all screech owls,.As so often the case, she would usually look upward when I hooted; no ear tufts were visible, the plumage was compressed,giving a trim appearance, & the size was not noticably larger than that of the males. At my closer approach, turned & leaned forward, then flew lightly to higher perch where seen.Feathers of heard, especially top, compressed so that head