. Birds and the war . of Birds which are believed to have been killed andeaten by the hungry German soldiers {DailyExpress, ). Although on the Continent spies werearrested for making use of this medium toconvey messages, no such cases appear tohave been reported in this country. In thisconnection it is amusing to note that therecovery of birds ringed for the investiga-tion of migration was often regarded assuspicious; a Black-headed Gull, ringedM—ViBORG: Denmark, which was shotin Suffolk in December 1916, was forwardedto the military authorities, who passed thering to the Admiralty with

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. Birds and the war . of Birds which are believed to have been killed andeaten by the hungry German soldiers {DailyExpress, ). Although on the Continent spies werearrested for making use of this medium toconvey messages, no such cases appear tohave been reported in this country. In thisconnection it is amusing to note that therecovery of birds ringed for the investiga-tion of migration was often regarded assuspicious; a Black-headed Gull, ringedM—ViBORG: Denmark, which was shotin Suffolk in December 1916, was forwardedto the military authorities, who passed thering to the Admiralty with the followingcomment : * This looks as if addressee hadbeen trying to train a Gull as a carrier toEngland : this has often been tried, but isgenerally considered unreliable/ Homing Pigeons were extensively usedby our fleet, and it is recorded that SkipperThomas Crisp, , who died at the wheelunder fire from a German submarine, livedlong enough to despatch a message byPigeon : through the timely arrival of the 8.

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