Marshall, 1945 27. Palau Otus podarginus in the lagoon where there is 4 ft or more of contin. water at high tide. Nitch: arboreal (but see stomach contents in catalog) in higher parts of trees - mostly in continous heavy jungle growth but birds occasionally call from lone trees in open. One coll. at Peleliu from foliage in crown of bush about 12' up. Stay pretty well concealed in high dense foliage. Rarely can shine because of this. Easier in the "poplars" where they sometimes roost from bare branch. Territories: Well-defined (except for occasional wandering into open country - which was the only time I could get to them because jungle too steep & dense to find them - hence the few specimens). Most of this remain in circumscribed area on ridge slopes or in lagoon where impossible to reach. A pair with well-defined terr. spends all night within 100 yd radius, hours in same clump trees. Along one trap line on the ridge & passed thru 3 terr. (pairs) in 300 yds. Get off from the ridge & can hear as many as 6 pairs hooting at once & well spaced along ridge. Ridge here is low enough so that no terr. is vertically above another. Each pair, say, has a 100 yd