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Show Tribute to Birds. ' A number of Parisians who were in the siege have decided to erect a monument to the memory of the pig-eons pig-eons that carried the dispatches "which kept up communication with the outside world. It will consist of pedestal surmounted by a bronze ' vase, on which will be cast a group of the birds that proved of such utility to the French. The committee in-eludes in-eludes the names of many well-known literary and scientific people. The .gratitude comes somewhat late, for after the war the pigeons in question ques-tion were sold by auction and com-meocrated com-meocrated in pigeon pies. |