I also secured in the car a pair of pigeons and a cat.
Perry said it must be some sort of homing instinct such as is possessed by certain breeds of earthly pigeons.
There a flock of pigeons had made their roost, and flapped noisily out into the sunlight when he pushed open the door from below. Here he hunted among the mouldering things of the past until, oh, joy of joys! in an ancient oaken chest he found a great lot of worm-eaten books, that had belonged to some old chaplain of the castle in days gone by.