TABLE 1. - Groups of fleshy fruits most attractive to birds throughout the 



United States— Continued 



Name of fruit 



Species of birds known to eat the fruit 



Common 



Generic 



Num- 

 ber 



Desirable kinds most fond of the fruit 



Wintergreen 

 Huckleberry 

 31ueberry . . 



Beautyberry .... 

 Partridgeberry . 

 Elderberry 



Snowberry , c oral- 

 berry 



Blackhaw, cran- 

 berry bush 



Honeysuckle 



Gaultheria .. 

 Gaylussacia . 

 Vaccinium . . . 



Callicarpa . 

 Mitchella . . . 

 Sambucus .... 



Symphori carpos 

 Viburnum .... 



Lonicera .... 



10. 

 46 

 93' 



11 



10 



118 



33 



35 



18 



Ruffed grouse, wren tit. 



Robin, pine grosbeak, towhee. 



Ruffed grouse, valley quail, eastern 

 kingbird, black-capped chickadee, tufted 

 titmouse, catbird, brown thrasher, robin, 

 hermit thrush, eastern bluebird,' cedar 

 waxwing, orchard oriole, pine grosbeak, 

 towhee. 



Mockingbird, brown thrasher. 



Ruffed grouse. 



Valley quail, flicker, red-headed wood- 

 pecker, eastern and Arkansas kingbirds, 

 black phoebe, wren tit, mockingbird, 

 catbird, brown and California thrashers, 

 robin, olive-backed thrush, eastern and 

 western bluebirds, phainopepla, red- 

 eyed vireo, rose-breasted and black- 

 headed grosbeaks, California towhee, 

 white-crowned sparrow. 



Sharp-tailed grouse, varied thrush, 

 evening and pine grosDeaks. 



Ruffed grouse, yellow-billed cuckoo, 

 flicker, catbird, brown thrasher, robin, 

 eastern bluebird, cedar waxwing, rose- 

 breasted grosbeak, purple finch. 



Bobwhite, catbird, brown thrasher, robin, 

 hermit thrush, pine grosbeak, white- 

 throated sparrow. 



1/ Barberries (Berberis) , buckthorns ( Rhamnus ) , and currants ( Ribes ) are omitted 

 because they serve as alternate hosts of rusts, attacking wheat, oats, and white pine, 

 respectively. Yews ( Taxus ) , wild cherries (Frunus) , and nightshades (Solanum) also 

 are omitted as being dangerous stock poisoning plants. 



id VVhen 10 or more. 



zJ Carries apple rust; should not be planted near valuable orchards. 



4/ 



— i 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 Elaeagnus unknown. 



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