WHEN THE SWALLOWS HOMEWARD FLY.
The homing instincts of the swallow have been utilised experimentally in Lancashire. The Oldham Evening Chronicle states that Mr Hmchliffe Kays, the landlord of the Crosß Keys Inn., Delph, keeps a number of pigeons, and lately a Bwallow built in the cote.- This swallow he caught, and after cutting its tail he sent it away with some pigeonß to Stafford, a distance of fifty or sixty miles, giving instructions that it waß to bo let loose at the same time as the homers. The instructions were carried out, and one of the first birds to arrive at Delph was the swallow.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5068, 29 September 1894, Page 6
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106WHEN THE SWALLOWS HOMEWARD FLY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5068, 29 September 1894, Page 6
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