TABLE 1. = Groups of fleshy fruits most attractive to birds inde throughout the 
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Name of fruit species of birds known to eat the fruit 
Common * Generic a * Desirable kinds most fond of the fruit 
Wintergreen ...... : Gaultheria .. : 10 ; “Ruffed grouse, wren tite ss 
Huckleberry ...... : Gaylussacia . AGrins ‘Robin, pine grosbeak, towhee. | 
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93; Ruffed grouse, valley quail, eastern © 
; kingbird, black-capped chickadee, tufted 
: titmouse, catbird, brown thrasher, robin, 
; hermit thrush, eastern bluebird, * cedar 
: : waxwing, orchard GEES pine grosbeak, 
: :  towhee. 
Blueberry ..ccecsce Vaccinium ... 
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Beautyberry ...... : Callicarpa. : 11 : Mockingbird, brown-thrasher. 
Partridgeberry ... : Mitchella ae ead O he ue RSIS ‘grouse. 
Milelebellspysle GOO GOOG Sambucus .... PELL a: syaliley quail, flicker: ‘red-headed wood. 
pecker, eastern and Arkansas kingbirds, 
8 : : black phoebe, wren tit, mockingbird, 
3 eile: '; catbird, brown and California thrashers, 
5 5 . 3: robin, olive-backed thrush, eastern and 
: 8 3 western piuobirds, phadmopeplas red=_. 
: > eyed vireo, rose-breasted and black- 
3. -; headed grosbeaks, California towhee, 
'; White-crowned Saag 
Symphoricarpos: 33 ; Sharp-tailed grouse, varied thrush, 
8 : evening and pine- GEOSDeRES: 
Snowberry, coral- 
berry 
Blackhaw, cran- 
berrybush 
Viburnum .... : 35 : Ruffed grouse, yellow-billed auleeooy 
3 a flicker, catbird, brown thrasher, robin, 
$ ; Mah _ eastern bluebird, cedar waxwing, rose- 
: & ; - breasted grosbeak, purple finch. 
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: Lonicera .... : 18 -: Bobwhite, catbird, brown thrasher, robin, 
: + 3 hermit thrush, pine enoebers: white=- 
: : throated sparrow. 
Honeysuckle ....-. 
1/ parberries (Berberis) , buckthorns (Rhamus), and currants (Ribes) are omitted 
because they serve as alternate hosts of rusts, attacking wheat,.oats, and white pine, 
respectively. Yews (Taxus), wild cherries (Prunus) , and nightshades: (Solanum) also 
are omitted as betae) dangerous stock poisoning- plants. 
2/ When 10 or more. 
3/ Carries apple rust; should not be ‘planted near valuable orchards. 
4/ Only nonpoisonous species of sumac are considered. 
5/ Data given are based entirely on field observations; total number of birds 
eating the various species of Blaeagnus unknown. 
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