SEED DISPERSAL BY NATIVE BIRDS.
(By L. W. McCaskill.)
THE experiments on seed dispersal by wax eyes carried out at the Christchurch Teachers’ Training College were continued last winter. The birds were fed on a table with raised sides from May to September, the food being sugar and water or diluted honey. Each week the droppings were swept ,up and stored in sand until the feeding period ceased on September 30th. The material was then sown in a box of sterilised soil at the Botanic Gardens, Christchurch. Up to March 31st, 196 seedlings had germinated. The plants identified were as follows:
Native: Coprosma robusta (karamu). Cordyline australis (Cabbage tree). Pittosporum tenuifolium (kohuhu). Introduced: Cotoneaster serotina. Berberis spp. Asparagus. Lonicera (Shrubby honeysuckle).
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Forest and Bird, Issue 52, 1 May 1939, Page 3
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121SEED DISPERSAL BY NATIVE BIRDS. Forest and Bird, Issue 52, 1 May 1939, Page 3
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