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Arnaux 
The Homing Pigeon used to be called the 
Carrier because it carried messages, but here 
I found that name restricted to the show 
bird, the creature with absurdly developed 
wattles; the one that carries the messages is 
now called the Homer, or Homing Pigeon— 
the bird that always comes home. These Pig- 
eons are not of any special color, nor have they 
any of the fancy adornments of the kind that 
figure in Bird shows. They are not bred for 
style, but for speed and for their mental gifts. 
They must be true to their home, able to re- 
turn to it without fail. The sense of direction 
is now believed to be located in the bony laby- 
There is no creature with 
finer sense of locality and direction than a good 
Homer, and the only visible proofs of it are 
rinth of the ear. 
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the great bulge on each side of the head over aii 
the ears, and the superb wings that complete = 
his equipment to obey the noble impulse of ne 
home-love. Now the mental and physical aq 
equipments of the last lot of young birds were i Le, 
to be put to test. Sr ON 
Although there were plenty of witnesses, I : ue 
thought it best to close all but one of the pig- ay 
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