| Show ir falcons alcons is as military messengers Me enger A russian army officer has made some very successful experiments in the training of falcons to carry dispatches and general attention has been call called to the possibilities of the use of this bird for messenger purposes in time of war the falcons so trained carried messages from one garrison to another with very gratifying success if the use of these birds is found to be really generally practicable they will have many points of superiority over pigeons for messenger purposes they are much stronger and some of those so far tried carried a weight of four russian pounds without hindrance to speed A not unimportant consideration is that they are not likely to suffer from attacks of other birds |
