. . cept that home-seeking instinct,no reliance except in the exquisitely adjusted beat of itswings, it soars upward until its keen eyesight and quickperceptions give certainty of direction; then at a splendidpace of fourteen hundred yards in a minute, it speeds on itsjourney home. Once a male bird has regularly mated, he will fly backto his duties as a husband and father as fast as he duties are serious and practical, for the male birdbears his full share in sitting upon the eggs and in feedingthe nestlings when hatched, f
. . cept that home-seeking instinct,no reliance except in the exquisitely adjusted beat of itswings, it soars upward until its keen eyesight and quickperceptions give certainty of direction; then at a splendidpace of fourteen hundred yards in a minute, it speeds on itsjourney home. Once a male bird has regularly mated, he will fly backto his duties as a husband and father as fast as he duties are serious and practical, for the male birdbears his full share in sitting upon the eggs and in feedingthe nestlings when hatched, for which purpose both cockand hen possess special faculties and functions. The hom-ing tendency acts best when it is entirely example, it has been found that a mated pair will notfly home together with anything like proper stop and dally by the way; they behave like holidaypeople who have got somebody to mind the babies. In order to have trustworthy messengers for war orpeace, the pigeons must not be bachelors or loafers, nor be. oo ^
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