LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
PLATE 
1. “An EacLeE ... became the pet of a sub- 
altern ”’ : ; : P Frontispiece 
FACING PAGB 
2. ‘‘ Our Military Pigeon Service .. . grew to large 
proportions ”’ . ‘ : : , 8 
oe The PIGEONS were taken, by bicyclists, in 
wicker crates to the front-line trenches ” 9 
4. “‘ PIGEONS ... proved of the greatest use ; 
particularly when the telegraph and tele- 
phone wires had been cut by shell fire” . 16 
5. ‘‘ Homers were taken up in aeroplanes, and 
“tossed ’ with messages from behind the 
German lines” . ’ ; : TEE 
6. ‘‘ Had the feat of this PiGEoN been performed 
by a human being, it might well have been 
rewarded by the V.C.” . : : a ge 
7. “ Although hundreds of CANaARIEs were killed 
by our shell and gas, those that were 
rescued ... were... well cared for ”’ aera 
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