[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SFEorAToR.1
trading to Valparaiso, in which he says;-
" On the afternoon of Saturday, December 24th, off Bardsey Island, a homing pigeon fell on deck at my feet with a broken leg. It tried to pitch on an awning rafter and missed. I picked it up and nursed it, and now its leg is almost well, but with a false joint. It has, on its right leg, a broad metal ring with the letters NOU4D4821. I think it must be a valuable bird, and it is in splendid condition at present, and fights my hand every time I try to feed it in its cage, and then crows when I withdraw it as if it had won a battle royal."
It would be interesting if such a wanderer could be restored after a voyage of over eighteen thousand miles, and it is with this hope that I venture to trouble the bird-loving Spectator.
—I am, Sir, &c., HEPBDRN BALLANTINE.
5 Heath Bank Road, Birkenhead.
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