The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 71
... Ashburton . The rest were sold at Wellington , Christchurch , and Dunedin . ( d ) In 1886 the Government introduced two lots , viz . 82 stoats and 126 weasels , which were distributed in about equal lots to the Wilkin River , the ...
... Ashburton . The rest were sold at Wellington , Christchurch , and Dunedin . ( d ) In 1886 the Government introduced two lots , viz . 82 stoats and 126 weasels , which were distributed in about equal lots to the Wilkin River , the ...
Page 168
... Ashburton County Council commenced buying birds ' heads on 17th June , 1918 , and by the middle of August had paid away £ 495 . 17s . 8d . , representing 158,681 small birds , chiefly sparrows and skylarks . the Wellington Philosophical ...
... Ashburton County Council commenced buying birds ' heads on 17th June , 1918 , and by the middle of August had paid away £ 495 . 17s . 8d . , representing 158,681 small birds , chiefly sparrows and skylarks . the Wellington Philosophical ...
Page 173
... Ashburton as assisting to spread throughout the district such plants as knapweed ( Centaurea nigra ) and Scotch thistle ( ? ) ( Onopordon acanthium ) . Mr A. Philpott ( 1918 ) says these birds are never found far from settlement . Yet ...
... Ashburton as assisting to spread throughout the district such plants as knapweed ( Centaurea nigra ) and Scotch thistle ( ? ) ( Onopordon acanthium ) . Mr A. Philpott ( 1918 ) says these birds are never found far from settlement . Yet ...
Page 199
... Ashburton River ; on 2nd February 1000 in the Rangitata ; on 23rd February 1000 in the Hurunui ; and on 7th May 200 into the Selwyn . The Society evidently were under the impression that by scattering the fry over so many streams the ...
... Ashburton River ; on 2nd February 1000 in the Rangitata ; on 23rd February 1000 in the Hurunui ; and on 7th May 200 into the Selwyn . The Society evidently were under the impression that by scattering the fry over so many streams the ...
Page 225
... Ashburton , but also only in the head - water creeks , and only when there is plenty of cover . In my opinion these fish will not spread on account of their habit of always climbing up stream . I am of opinion that they occasionally ...
... Ashburton , but also only in the head - water creeks , and only when there is plenty of cover . In my opinion these fish will not spread on account of their habit of always climbing up stream . I am of opinion that they occasionally ...
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abundant Acclimatisation Society Agricultural Department animals appear Ashburton attacked Auckland district Auckland Society introduced Australia Bay of Islands beetle birds breeding brown trout bush Canterbury Society received Chatham Islands Christchurch common cultivated deer destroyed distributed dogs Dunedin early eggs Family fish flowers fruit further record garden escape hatched Hatchery Hawke's Bay Hokitika Hooker's list imported increase insect Invercargill Lake land large number larvæ Linn Manual Maori Maskell moth native naturalised Nelson Society North Island occurring opossums Otago Society pest pheasants Philpott pigs plants ponds probably Queen Charlotte Sound rabbits rats recorded by Kirk recorded in Hooker's reported River salmon says season seeds seen sheep shipment shipped Society liberated South Southland Southland Society sparrows spawning species specimens spread starlings Stewart Island stoats streams taken Taranaki Tasmania trees W. W. Smith Waikato Waitaki Wanganui waste places weasels weed Wellington Society Whangarei wild young Zealand