14 MARCH 1925, Page 16

A DEAD RACING PIGEON

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The racing pigeon found dead by the writer of " Feb- ruary on the Thames " in your issue of February 28th, if found—as the context suggests—in the near neigh- bourhood of the railway, was probably killed by striking telegraph wires contiguous to the line. - This is a frequent cause of death to heavy and fast flying birds in tinfaMiliai country and the wounds are just 'Stich as those described