Marshall, 1939 55. 2 Otus flammeolus Blue Mtns. West., July 27 yellow pines, standing in the open. To eyesight was seen clearly from one of these trees at a dist. of about 50[illegible] yds. 65 yds. I was sitting on the hill above the dense clump trying to locate the ? while [illegible] called from low in the clump. Suddenly, a new bird began to hoot from the very top of the tree in which the other was sitting. The beginning single notes of the newcomer were of typical Otus f. pitch & intensity, but soon they were raised & expanded into the full (box) bark of a long-eared owl. In attempting to see the long-eared owl, I finally caught the reflection from the flammulated owl—who had become silent as soon as the long-eared owl had hooted. The f? Otus was then collected #688 & nothing more heard or seen of the Osio. I picked the owl up (2AM) & promptly fell asleep—asleep—woke up a little before dawn. Apparently the habitat well-defined—local in this region, hence scarcity of Otus flammeolus.