Howell, T.R. 1949 s.v. daggetti Twin Spring - ft., 38m NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. May 22, (cont'd). Flies to hole. Screams 70 times at about 1 sec. intervals - there is an answering scream, and she screams twice more. The ♂ returns, both squawk. ♂ leaves again. All the while a pair of house wrens has been busy singing and scolding about ?ft higher up in the same tree-they ignore each other. A chestnut-backed Bluebird chases both, however, ♀ to hole-looks in-away-then into hole. 7:35-3 tattoos; ♀ looks out of hole, comes out, squawks. Another tattoo-♀ flies off toward it, to the pines 50 yds away. More tattoos. Returns to hole, goes in. Head out-all out. From away, 7 screams. Other returns-much squawking. ♂ away. 4 screams, 8 screams; ♀ squawks, flies away. 7:50-♀ returns; squawks, distant tattoo, answering squawks. To hole-tattoo from away-in hole. Another tattoo. 7:52 More tattoos. 7:56 ♂ returns silently, leaves. Nothing from hole. ♂ returns-another (3rd) follows, driven off by "♂." ♀ out of hole, then both go off pursuing 3rd. ♀ returns 7:58; ♂ returns; squawking: both leave. ♀ returns-preens, shakes, scratches; squawks twice as