Marshall,1938 2. Otus flammeolus (Summary of observations prior to 1938) mt. side abouve camp. **** Heard almost every night throughout June,s especially on moonlit nights.Always sounded very distant and ventriloquial. Probably only a single individual. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Whitakers Forest,5500 ft., 10 mi. NE Badger, Tulare Co., Calif. May 20, 1938 At 9:00 PM - clear, windless, dark night - heard,from cabin at S. end pool, barely audible hooting on hill to NE. ab ove Public campground.Absolute limit of audibility. Followed sound 300 yd. to public camp. Recogniz- ed as similar tothat heard & attributed with ? to te Flam/ Scr. Owl in 1935.Ran back to camp & got gun & head*light ;hurried back where sound was picked up again. I gave answering calls & followed bird thru deep forest on hillside NE public camp/as it moved northward at intervals far ahead. Finally caught up .Sound coming from in or about dense ,high clump white firs, Ventriloquial - sounded as if bird were flying, each hoot apparently coming from different dir- ection.Finally became accustomed to it & deter- mined it to be near top 80' fir.Tree too dense to locate by eyeshine.Probably sitting on limb close to trunk - keeping out of my sight as well as that of possible enmies - Spotted Owls , etc. Notes all same pitch; short,staccato,high,later figured to be about B above middle C, and given at regular intervals a little greater then 2 sec.(This is faster cadence than others heard before.At every 15-25 sec--th hoot would length- en interval to 3-5 sec. as if listening for an- swer, then would start again very often at lower -B-flat ,or even A.By the time the next stop would occur ,the pitch would have been worked up to the original pitch ,so gradually as not to be noticed until the bird started again at