Davis 941, 23 N slope Mt Cacaguatique, 4600', Dept. Morazan, El Salvador Dec. 28, 1941. After supper, I went owl-hunting with most unfortunate results. There is a species of owls quite common here that has a three hoot call - WHOO-WHO-who. I gave one of these calls, and was rewarded by having a large owl light in the top of an oak tree by the side of the road. I shone its eyes, t shot it with #10, wounding it so that it could not fly. It then scrambled over the interlacing tree tops to a point about 30 yds. up the bank, uttering squeezing and chuckling notes; I followed and waited for it to drop. Slanted my shotgun against a tree and waited. Pretty soon the owl fell from the tree a few yards up the bank from where I was standing. I ran up the bank to look for the owl, but could not find it. Then thought I would go back to the place where I had left my gun, and get reoriented. Couldn't find the gun. Spent a frantic hour looking for it, then marked the spot and went back to camp. Dec. 29. Went out to look for the gun before breakfast. Still couldn't find it. Returned to camp to eat. t met Shirin on his way out. He said that he would look for the gun while I was eating. After breakfast went back to the gun site. Shirin, of course, had already found it. Spent sometime