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CORRESPONDENCE. 
DO BIRDS FEED ON BLACKBERRIES AND 
RASPBERRIES ? 
To the Editor of The Journal of Science. 
Str —In your notice of the Proceedings and Report of the 
Royal Society of Tasmania (vol. i., third senes, p. 755) 1 
as follows “ The question was raised whether birds ever feed 
upon the blackberry or raspberry. With Mr. Spicer, wethin 
that they do not in Europe, but we are by no means certain. 
In my garden (Sunbury, Middlesex) the blackbirds and thrui £es 
carry^them off in thousands. So voracious are they that unless 
SrK.h.y would carry off the whole : orop 1 Such good 
them jump at the trees, and carry off the Iruit. buen gooa 
iud£res J are they that the ripest and best are sure to be seleaed. 
I can therefore say, whatever may be their habit in other parts 
of Europe! ff it be as you and Mr. Spicer seem to think, my 
raspberries are exceptions. ^ ^ 
