The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 38
... Island , but they appear to have died off . Dr Cockayne informs me that in the Chatham Islands , the magnificent forget - me - not , known as the Chatham Island lily ( Myoso- tidium nobile ) , formerly grew commonly as a coastal plant ...
... Island , but they appear to have died off . Dr Cockayne informs me that in the Chatham Islands , the magnificent forget - me - not , known as the Chatham Island lily ( Myoso- tidium nobile ) , formerly grew commonly as a coastal plant ...
Page 40
... Chatham Islands in the forties , and were commonly wild in the unsettled districts in 1868 . There are probably still a few of them on the table land . Zebra ( Equus zebra ) Sir Geo . Grey , among his numerous other introductions ...
... Chatham Islands in the forties , and were commonly wild in the unsettled districts in 1868 . There are probably still a few of them on the table land . Zebra ( Equus zebra ) Sir Geo . Grey , among his numerous other introductions ...
Page 52
... Chatham Island in 1841 , and soon became wild ; and they used to be trapped by the natives in the early sixties . Wild cattle are now very numerous on the table land . In regard to the Southern Islands , cattle were landed on the ...
... Chatham Island in 1841 , and soon became wild ; and they used to be trapped by the natives in the early sixties . Wild cattle are now very numerous on the table land . In regard to the Southern Islands , cattle were landed on the ...
Page 55
... Islands at various times since 1890 , and on the Antipodes between 1886 and 1900 , but they either died off or were killed by castaways . They were also liberated on Campbell Island ... Chatham Island in the early forties . but as late ...
... Islands at various times since 1890 , and on the Antipodes between 1886 and 1900 , but they either died off or were killed by castaways . They were also liberated on Campbell Island ... Chatham Island in the early forties . but as late ...
Page 64
... Chatham Islands , reports that on Mangare , a small island of the group , there is a colony of tortoise - shell cats ; the progeny of some liberated on the island in order to destroy the rabbits which were present in large numbers . He ...
... Chatham Islands , reports that on Mangare , a small island of the group , there is a colony of tortoise - shell cats ; the progeny of some liberated on the island in order to destroy the rabbits which were present in large numbers . He ...
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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