LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



1. "An EAGLE . . . became the pet of a sub- 



altern " . . . Frontispiece 



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2. " Our Military Pigeon Service . . . grew to large 



proportions " . / . . 8 



3. " 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" . . . ;..> . - ..-,.. 17 



6. " Had the feat of this PIGEON been performed 



by a human being, it might well have been 

 rewarded by the V.C." . ! . .v . 32 



7. " Although hundreds of CANARIES were killed 



by our shell and gas, those that were 

 rescued . . . were . . . well cared for " . 33 

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