France.—The history of the aerial postal service and of the carrier pigeons of the siege of Paris has been thoroughly written, and is so well known that it is useless to recapitulate it in this place.
The photograph shows how the message is fixed to the carrier pigeon's leg, in the form of light rings.
We have received news through a carrier pigeon that one of the postal balloons has reached Tours.
With great pride Mr. P. showed me a basket of carrier pigeons, by which he assured me I could now communicate swiftly and safely with the garrison.
There were other mascots in those years, including a gorilla -- the very first mascot, two cats, a bulldog, and a carrier pigeon.
Ken attaches a transmitter to a carrier pigeon he finds there and lets it fly into the sky.
Decool said that carrier pigeons could play a key role in a crisis in which other communications systems started breaking down.