8 BULLETIX 715^ U. S. DEPARTMEXT OF AGKICULTURE, 



T.vBLE I. — Preferences n/litrcls among gen^m of fleshy fruits. 



Common name. 



Scientific name. 



Number 

 of species , 

 of birds 

 known 

 to eat 

 the 

 fruit. 1 



Common name. 



Scientific name. 



Number 

 of species 

 of birds 

 kno^^^l 

 to eat 

 the 

 fruit. I 



Juniper: red cedar 



Juniperuf 



Smilax 



3t) 

 38 

 64 

 3S 

 52 



48 

 10 

 17 

 1.5 

 30 



42 

 114 



17 

 14 



13 

 30 

 38 

 66 

 76 





Schinus 



10 



Greenbrier 



Holly .' 



Ilex 



38 



Bavberrv 



3fi/rica 





Berchemia 



12 





Celtia 





11) 





Morus 



Phijtolacca 





Vitis 





PokeberiT . 



1 

 Vir.ginia creeper 



Parthenocissus... 

 Shepherdia 



39 





13 







Wi'.d sarsaparilla 



14 





SaKsafras 



Ribes 





79 



Cuirant; gooseberry. . . 

 Strawberry 



Sour gum 



Nyssa 



36 



Fragaria 



Bearberrv 



A rctostaphylos. . . 



Gaylussacia 



Vaccinium 



Callicarpa 



Mitchella 



Sambucus 



Symphoricar pos . 

 Viburnum 



12 



Raspberry; black- 





30 



Bosa 



! Blueberry. 



62 



Rose 



' Mexican mull^erry 



Partridge berry 



Elder 



10 







10 







101 



Red haw 



Cratxfjus 





22 





Amelanchier 



j Black h.aw 



26 





Honevsuclcle 



15 





Rhus 















1 When 10 or more. 



- Xonpoisonous species. 



It may further be said in favor of imtrimmed shrubbery that the 

 normal form and beauty of the plants, together with the resultant 

 play of light and motion, are preserved. With this treatment a 

 park has naturalness and life; under formal treatment the sugges- 

 tions are those of restrauit and immobility^ 



ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 



If bird-attracting devices are a desirable addition to the resources 

 of ordinary parks, they are a positive necessity in zoological gardens. 

 Is not an abundance of native birds, giving opportunity for observa- 

 tion under natural conditions, preferable to a display of the same 

 species in cages ? Whenever a species can thus be put on exhibition 

 in the wild state, it should be done. Bird fountains, nest boxes, 

 and feeding stations are the devices which make the achievement 

 possible. 



BOTANICAL GARDENS. 



Bird attraction may well be cultivated also in botanical gardens. 

 The presence of numerous birds will not only make the park more 

 entertaining to visitors, but will also result in decreased trouble 

 from mjurious msects. When spacious, the grounds surromiding 

 all kinds of public buildings are available for bird-attraction centers, 

 and should receive similar treatment to parks. Fair grounds also 

 may be mentioned here; much effort usually is made to beautify 

 them, and i)art of it could well })e in a form beneficial to birds. 



