A PIGEON LOSES ITS WAY
■ Apparently even homing pigeons lose their sense of direction sometimes. The other day a pigeon on its way from. Holland to Denmark flew west instead of east, and was found in Berwickshire! The kind person who picked the bird np and tended it put his name and address on the ring on its leg before letting it fly homewards, and he has had a letter from its grateful owner telling him of its safe return.
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Evening Star, Issue 23189, 11 February 1939, Page 8
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80A PIGEON LOSES ITS WAY Evening Star, Issue 23189, 11 February 1939, Page 8
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