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United States Department of Agriculture 

 Bureau of Biological Survey 



Wildlife Research and Management Leaflet BS-43 







Washington , 



D. 



C. * 



April 1936 



FRUITS ATTBACTIVB TO BIRDS - NORT H ERN PLAINS STATES 



REG ION Ho. 3 



[North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas] 



By \I. L. LicATEE, Principal Biologist and Technical Adviser 



Office of the Chief 



Contents 



Page 

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



Introduction, 



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

 the United States 



Table 2. — Native fruits of the Northern Plains States for which 



satisfactory data on fruiting seasons are available 



Table 3. — Native fruits of the Northern Plains States for most of which 



less satisfactory data on fraiting seasons are available 8 



Table 4. — Extralimital fruits that have been recommended for North 



Dakota 9 



Table 5. — Extralimital fruits that have been recommended for South 



Dakota 10 



Table 6. — Extralimital fruits that have been recommended for Nebraska. . . 11 



Table 7. — Extralimital fruits that have been recommended for Kansas ... 11 



Literature 12 



