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; United States Department of Agriculture • 

 : Bureau of Biological Survey • 



'• Wildlife Research and Management Leaflet BS-49 \ 



1 ?/ash.ington, 



D. C * April 1956 : 



FRUITS ATTBACTIVE TO BIRDS - SOUTHEASTERN STATES 

 REGION No. 9 



[Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, 

 Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.] 



By W. L. McATEE, Principal Biologist and Technical Adviser 



Office of the Chief 



Contents 



Page 

 Regions for vfhich leaflets on fruits attractive to "birds are available . • 2 



Introduction .. 3 



Tatle I, — Groups of fleshy frj-its most attractive to birds throughout 



the United States 4 



Table 2. — • Generally distributed native fruits of the Southeastern States 



for which satisfactory data on fruiting seasons are available • 8 



Table 3. — Extralimit^J fruits that have been recommended for Mis- 

 sissippi 10 



Literature , 12 



