A BIRD KILLING TREE.
There is in New Zealand a tree which proves fatal to birds in an altogether singular way. The seed vessels give off a sticky fluid, and many a fly finds itself imprisoned in the gummy stuff. These flies, in turn, attract small birds, and they also get so covered with the fluid that they are unable to flutter. The fruit, too is an object of desire, and birds become, as it were, glued to the ripe clusters which they proposed to eat. The wee birds cannot escape without help, and so they lie there, a prey to other animals. A black cat took up his home near one of these trees for the purpose of dining on the poor birds, and pussy herself had to obtain aid every now and then in order to remove the sticky pods that got into her fur.
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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5213, 1 October 1885, Page 2
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147A BIRD KILLING TREE. Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5213, 1 October 1885, Page 2
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