. The oist . hen-turkeys the same purport, that of co-opera-tion, is the rare habit evinced by, forexample, the hawk owl, both birds ofa devoted pair sometimes incubatingside by side. One would greatly liketo urge upon younger bird students anawakened and a persistent habit of in-trospective study of these, and ofkindred phenomena in the great bird-world. Just as soon as we shall havefound ourselves interested in the eco-nomic and social relations betweenvarious species of birds, and shallhave become fascinatingly absorbed inthe study of bird-psychology, as most-strikingly manifeste
. The oist . hen-turkeys the same purport, that of co-opera-tion, is the rare habit evinced by, forexample, the hawk owl, both birds ofa devoted pair sometimes incubatingside by side. One would greatly liketo urge upon younger bird students anawakened and a persistent habit of in-trospective study of these, and ofkindred phenomena in the great bird-world. Just as soon as we shall havefound ourselves interested in the eco-nomic and social relations betweenvarious species of birds, and shallhave become fascinatingly absorbed inthe study of bird-psychology, as most-strikingly manifested in the reproduct-ive period, we shall then, and thenonly, have found the great, delicioussecret of super-interest. And when 42 THE OOLOGIST added to this habit of observation weshall also have joined the habit ofveracious and conscientious chronic-ling, we shall have begun to show our-selves really bird students; and notmerely hoggish amassers of this all richly worth the while? P. B. JOHN H. FLANAGAN Prominent Attorney, Fornner Solicitor of Town of Warwictc, Dead in His 52nd Year. The Evening Bulletin, Feb. 24, 1920.—John H. Flanagan, prominent attor-ney here for many years, former War-wick Town Solicitor and a law partnerof John Doran before the latter be- came justice of the Superior Court,died last right at his home, 89 Powerstreet. He was 51 years old and hadbeen ill since last November. Cere-bral hemorrhage caused his death. Next to legal affairs bird life ap-pealed most to Mr. Flanagan. He wasan expert ornithologist, was Bird Com-missioner for Providence county andchairman of the board from 1905 to1908, when he declined reappointment,and had one of the best private col-lections of eggs in this section of thecountry. He had also been secretaryof the Bird Commission for severalyears. The American Ornithological Unionclaimed him as one of its most in-terested members. He was in theProvidence Fish and Game Associa-tion, the Franklin Lyceum, of whi
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