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 



CoTsnon 



Generic 



Num- 

 ber 



Desirable kinds most fond of the fruit 



Wintergreen 

 Huckleberry- 

 Blueberry , . 



Beautyberry ...... 



Partridgeberry ... 

 Elderberry ,....,, 



Snowberry, coral- 

 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, tovidiee. 



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 grosbeaks. 



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 wh«at, oats, and white pine, 

 respectively. Yews (Taxus ) , wild cherrie-s ( Prunus ) , and nightshades ( Solanum ) also 

 are omitted as being dangerous stock poisoning plants. 



2/ 



-^ ^Vhen 10 or more. ...... ...... 



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



4/ 



— ' Only nonpoisonous species of sumac are considered, 



2/ Data given are based entirely on field observations; total number of birds 

 eating' the various species of Blaeaghus iinknown. 



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