. Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada . littleelse. The runinng blackberries, or dewberries, near the coast 36 BIRDS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO MAN. are frequently eaten by the larger shore-birds, such as thecurlews and plovers. The shad-busli or service-berry, another member of therose family, is of some value to birds, more especially as itsfruit matures early. It is visited by the same group of birdsthat flock to the cherry-trees later in the season, but the quan-tities taken are not fact that birds do notgorge themselves w
. Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada . littleelse. The runinng blackberries, or dewberries, near the coast 36 BIRDS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO MAN. are frequently eaten by the larger shore-birds, such as thecurlews and plovers. The shad-busli or service-berry, another member of therose family, is of some value to birds, more especially as itsfruit matures early. It is visited by the same group of birdsthat flock to the cherry-trees later in the season, but the quan-tities taken are not fact that birds do notgorge themselves with theberries seems to be notthrough any fault of theberries, but rather becausethey ripen at a time whena more concentrated foodis needed for the prose-cution of vernal the nesting seasonis over and the yearslabor done, comes the timefor relaxation, moulting,and a general rejuvenes-cence. Then fruit is inorder: each bird accord-ing to its nature seeks itsfavorite; crows and jaysprefer mast and go to thenut-trees; sparrows loiteramong the Aveed-thickeneda host Avith similar tastes. WILD BLACK stubble ; robins, cedar-birds, amgather at the cherry-trees. Although early fruits are more or less neglected, ever so mean quality receive more berries of the mountain-ash, the last of the wild speciesof the rose family to be mentioned here, are among thelatest maturing of the wild fruits. They are unpalatable to THE VEGETABLE FOOD OF BIF{DS. 37 our lasie, but tlie roar guard of the southern-bound migrantseat them with apparent reUsh. Cedar-birds, robins, and otherthrushes are especially fond of them. Tlie shrubs belonging to the lioneysuckle family (Capri-foliacece) produce a number of soft fruits whicli are consumedby birds. Tliose of the Viburnums—sheep-berry, withe-rod,cranberry-tree, etc.—are all patronized by grouse, woodpeckers,and the thrushes and their allies, though by no means withthe zest shown for cherries and otl
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