Homing Pigeons

When pigeons were to be sent back and forth, it has been usual to keep two sets, with their respective homes at either end of the conrse, and when they have reached their homes to carry them back to the places from which they are to be dispatched. An ingenious procesa has been devised to overeóme this difficulty and cause the birds to fly with equal certainty in both directions. Pigeons, for example, whose home is iu Paris are eonfined for several days at St. Denis and fed there at a stated honr every day with sorne favorite food which is not given them at their real home. They becoinc in the conrse of time familiar with their new home and its choice dishes. When set at liberty, they start off at once for Paris without forgettiug the good things they enjoyed at St. Denis. When they are to be sent back, they are made to fast a little while, and are then let loose at about feeding time at St. Denis. They go thither, and, when they have their own way, time their going so as to be there at the exact moment of feeding. Birds have thus been taught to fly back and forth resrnlarlv between places 30 miles