SEED-DISTRIBUTION.
The winter before last we furnished an interesting and definite demonstration on native plant seed-distribution by birds by Mr. McCaskill, hon. secretary of the Society’s Otago Branch. These particulars were published in a recent Bulletin, and were obtained by cultivating a plot under his feeding station. The experiments were continued last August, and the following plants were taken from the plot and planted elsewhere. It will be noticed that only two exotics appeared as having furnished bird food:—
April, April. 1931. 1932. Pittosporum spp. (kohuhu and tarata) ...... 85 50 Coprosma spp . 37 37 Carpodetus serratus (putaputaweta) ........ 10 1 Nothopanax Colensoi( ivy tree or orihau) ... 3 2 Pseudopanax crassifolium (lancewood) 5 2 Melicytus ramiflorus (whiteywood or mahoe) 4 4 Griselina littoralis (broadleaf) ............. 0 6 Cordyline australis (cabbage tree) ........... 0 2 Fuchsia excorticata (kotukutuku) 0 1 Solanum aviculare (poroporo or bullibulli) . . 0 2 Muhlenbeckia australis 0 9 Aristolelia serrata (makomako or wineberry) 0 1 Cotoneaster Simmonsi (introduced) . . 0 2 144 119
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Forest and Bird, Issue 28, 1 October 1932, Page 13
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160SEED-DISTRIBUTION. Forest and Bird, Issue 28, 1 October 1932, Page 13
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