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G.: frogs on west coast, 181 Gouland Downs, 167 lands, 38; goats on Auckland Islands, Colenso, William: on Maori dog-skins, Cook, Captain Jas.: arrival in N.Z. on Cotter, W. P.: rainbow trout in Hawea, Cotton, Prof.: denudation due to rabbits, 94 Cox, F. A. D.: wild cats on Chatham Crozet: introduced plants, 13; Maori Cruise, Major: on plants cultivated in Dansey, R. D.: Frogs in Rotorua, 179; brown trout, 220; white-fish, 243; Darwin, Chas.: migration of N.Z. birds, Dawbin: salmon in Otago, 195 De Blosseville: early introductions into D'Esterre, E.: introduction of sparrows De Surville: arrival in N.Z., 13 colours of wild cats, 62; Maori dog, Drummond, Jas.: wild pigs, 37; change of colour in stoats, 75; failure of Enys, John: water-cress, 370 Farr, S. C.: salmon ova, 198; salmon Fereday, R. W.: extermination of native Flett, H. B.: stoats and weasels v. rabbits, 72 Forster, J.: introduction of pigs, 34; Maori dogs, 64; increase of rats, 76; minahs following the plough, 160 Gates, W. H.: wild goats in Lake dis- trict, 58; colours of rabbits, 91; wild George, Hon. S. Thorne: wild cattle Gibbs, F. G.: wild goats in Nelson, 57; Gillies, Robert: pigs in Otago, 36; wild dogs, 68; first appearance of mice, 84 Grey, Sir George: introduced wallabies, 26; zebras, 40; fallow deer, 48; swan, 107; Cape dove, 136; laughing Guppy: dispersal of seeds, 368, 464, Hall, J.: wild dogs in North Island, 69 Hallett, T.: wild turkeys, 108; peafowls, Hansen: red deer, 47 Hardcastle, E.: wild pigs, 36; red deer, Hart, F.: food of opossums, 31 Hector, Dr (Sir) James: Maori dogs, 67; 175 Hill, T. B.: introduction of sparrows in Holman: guinea-fowls and hawks, 108, 510; shining cuckoo and Nyctemera, 512 Hopkins, I.: humble-bees, 274 of, 225; rainbow trout, 229 Huddlestone: red deer in Nelson, 41 starlings at Napier, 155 Hutton, Captain F. W.: relationships of Johnson, A. M.: wallabies, 26; introduc- tion of salmon, 194; salmon-trout, McBean: mallards on Lake Okareka, McNab, Dr R.: destruction of eggs by Mahoney: starlings' flights, 155; minahs Marriner: grey rats, 81; brown frogs eaten by Australian green frogs, 179 19; introduction of cattle, 51; of Martin, H. B., disappearance of rabbits Meeson: rat swarms, 80 Monro, Dr: wild pigs in Otago, 35 Murison, W. D.: wild dogs in Otago, 68 region, 56; chamois, 60 Norman, Richard: ferrets and native O'Regan, P. J.: destruction of native Peacock, Hon. J.T.: sparrows in Canter- Peters, Charles J.: cats v. rabbits, 62; Petrie, D.: rabbits in Central Otago, 92; Phillips, Ernest: growth of trout, 220; Phillips, L. J.: blackbirds killing tuis, Philpott, A.: distribution of N.Z. Lepi- 170; Potter, A. T.: life-history of Dermestes, Potts, T. H.: habits of skylarks, 141; Riddell, W.: white-pine-borer, 293 Rutland, J.: swarms of rats, 80 Scott, Robert: wild pigs in Otago, 35; Seebohm, H.: migration of larks, 142; lines of migration, 536; migrant Smith, S. Percy: Maori dogs, 65, 67; Smith, W. W.: food of opossums, 29; Spackman, W. H.: salmon trout, 209 Stead, Edgar T.: disappearance of Suter, H.: land mollusca, 8 Tancred: wild dogs, 69; rats, 77 Taylor, Rev. R.: naturalised pigs, 36; Thomson, Dr W. Malcolm: brown owl Traill, W.: geese on Stewart Island, Travers, H. H.: wild cats on Chatham Islands, 64; silver-grey rabbits, 86; Treves, Sir F.: destructive work by Tuckett, T.: first record of rabbits in Turner, E. Phillips: wild horses, 39; Wallace, Alfred Russell: effect of Nor- |