HOMING PIGEONS
NOT DEPENDENT ON SIGHT ENGLISH FANCIER'S THEORY [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION"] CHBISTCHURCH. Thursday An interesting theory in regard to homing pigeons was advanced here last night by Mr. J. Beale, of England, an authority on the subject, in an address to pigeon fanciers. "The common opinion is that pigeons soar up to an enyrmous height, pick out their home or a distant landmark, and streak straight back," said Mr. Beale. "The fact is, however, that given its ears, a blinded pigeon will find its way home with certainty, while a bird with its ears stopped but with the use of its eyes will get lost. Landmarks mean nothing, and a pigeon has no reasoning power. It is my theory that the birds have some sort of magnetic 'coil' in their ears, with which they keep contact with the ground. Probably the increased loss of birds in recent years is due to the interference of waves from radio stations, which confuse tlie pigeon and spoil its contact with the earth's field."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21983, 14 December 1934, Page 15
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