Vot. II, Pt. II] GIFFORD—BIRDS OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS 193 
While sitting under a tree one day on southern Indefati- 
gable, I noted a seven-inch centipede close by on the ground. 
A hawk, standing a few feet above me in the tree, also saw 
it, hopped down to the ground beside it, and promptly seized 
it in his talons. He then stood still for a moment, shifted 
the centipede from one foot to the other. pulled at it two or 
three times with his bill, and finally few away with it in his 
talons. 
2. Pandion haliaétus: OSPREY ~ 
Albemarle and Chatham islands. 
The first Osprey seen was circling high in the air with a 
number of Man-o’-war Birds near Villamil, Albemarle, on 
November 1. The next day a male was taken. On August 
25 another was seen at Villamil. At Sappho Cove, Chatham, 
on February 14, I saw one soaring high above the sea. 
When a few miles off Cocos Island, Costa Rica, on Sep- 
tember 3, an Osprey was seen. On each of the two following 
days one was observed on the island, and on the 7th Mr. Beck 
shot a male. 
3. Asio galapagensis: GALAPAGOS SHORT-EARED OWL 
Abingdon, Albemarle, Barrington, Bindloe, Champion, 
Charles, Chatham, Culpepper, Duncan, Gardner-near-Charles, 
Hood, Indefatigable, James, Seymour, and Tower islands. 
We saw short-eared owls on the above islands, except 
Bindloe, Culpepper, and James. They were most numerous 
on Tower, where ten were seen during one day. Usually 
they were noted singly. 
In most cases they were observed in the dry region and 
near the beaches. At Iguana Cove, Albemarle, where the 
moist region extends practically to the sea coast, a number 
were seen at night in the trees. On southern Indefatigable, 
the center of abundance of the barn owl, only one was taken, 
while on northern Indefatigable three were taken, although 
they were hunted more in the former locality. 
Often they frequented rock piles and sides of craters, and 
on Tower some were observed in trees in broad daylight. 
