Young lady in oriental clothing with a homing pigeon (19th century painting)Pigeon post is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages. Pigeons are effective as messengers due to their natural homing abilities to find its way home over extremely long distances.meaning that it will generally return to its nest using magnetoreception.Oil on canvas, 42 x 35,5 cmSource/Photographer, zeller.de
A rare subject, I would guess.