BULLETIN 715 ; U. S. DEPAE1MEX1 OF AGKICULTUEE. 

 Table 1. — Preferences of birds among genera of fleshy fruits. 



Common name. 



Scientific name. 



Number 

 of species 

 of birds j 

 known | 

 to eat ! 

 the 

 fniit.i 



Common name. 



Scientific name. 



Number 

 of species 

 of birds 

 known 

 to eat 

 the 

 fruit. 1 



Juniper: red cedar 



Juniperus 



36 







10 





SmiJax ! 3S 



Myrica j 6-4 



Celtis 



.Holly ....'.. 



Ilex 

















5 



71 







52 





Vitis . 



Pokeberrv 



Phytolacca 



4& 



1? 



15 

 30 



42 

 114 



17 

 14 



13 

 30 

 38 

 66 

 76 



Virginia creeper 



Parthenocissus..J 39 











Wild sarsaparilla 





14 

 79 

 36 



19 





Sassafras 





Currant; gooseberry. . . 







Frag aria 







Raspberry; black- 





Gaylussacia 30 



Vaccinium 62 









Mexican mulberry 



Partridge berry . . 



Elder 



Callicarpa 10 







Mitchella 10 









Red haw..* 



Crataegus 



Amelanchier 



Snowberry 



. S>/mphoricarpos .1 22 







26 

 15 











Rhus 









1 When 10 or more. 



Nonpoisonous species. 



It may further be said in favor of untrinimed 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 restraint 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 w T ill not only make the park more 

 entertaining to visitors, but will also result in decreased trouble 

 from injurious insects. When spacious, the grounds surrounding 

 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 part of it could well be in a form beneficial to birds. 



