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United States Department of Agriculture 

 Bureau of Biological Survey 



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ildlife Research and Management Leaflet BS-48 



T7ashington, D. C. * "A.pril~1936 



FSUITS ATTRACTIVE TO BIRDS - SOUTHED PLAINS STATES 



REGION Ho. 8 



[Texas and Oklahoma] 



By TJ. L. McATSE, Principal Biologist and Technical Adviser 



Office of the Chief 



Contents 



Page 



Regions for which leaflets on fruits attractive to tirds are availal^le, . . 2 



Introduction ..... 2 



Tahle 1.— Groups of fleshy fruits most attractive to birds throughout 



the United States , 4 



Table 2.— Native fruits of eastern Texas and Oklahoma for which 



satisfactory data on fruiting seasons are available 8 



Table 3. ~Frj.it s for eastern Texas and Oklaiioma for which less 



satisfactory data on fruiting seasons are available ,9 



Table 4.— Native fraits of southeastern Texas 10 



Table 5.— Native fruits of western Texas and Oklahoma for which 



satisfactory data on fruiting seasons are available 10 



Table 6.— Emits for western Texas and Oklahoma for which less 



satisfactory data on fruiting seasons are available 11 



Table 7.— Emits for the Panhandle Region 11 



Literature -ip 



