The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... Dunedin , and D. Miller , Government Entomologist , who dealt with Insecta generally , and the last - named especially with the Diptera ; Mr G. Brittin , late of Christchurch , the Coccidæ ; Dr Reakes , Director of Agriculture , the ...
... Dunedin , and D. Miller , Government Entomologist , who dealt with Insecta generally , and the last - named especially with the Diptera ; Mr G. Brittin , late of Christchurch , the Coccidæ ; Dr Reakes , Director of Agriculture , the ...
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... Dunedin in the autumn ( February or March ) . One bright forenoon the sky became strangely overcast from the west , and the sun at midday assumed a coppery appearance . Some persons attributed the phenomenon to bush fires in the western ...
... Dunedin in the autumn ( February or March ) . One bright forenoon the sky became strangely overcast from the west , and the sun at midday assumed a coppery appearance . Some persons attributed the phenomenon to bush fires in the western ...
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... Dunedin , a well - known exporter of rabbit and other skins , tells me this number is not an over - estimate . W. W. Smith ( 31st July , 1918 ) reports opossums as common about New Plymouth . They feed on the leaves of the hou - hou ...
... Dunedin , a well - known exporter of rabbit and other skins , tells me this number is not an over - estimate . W. W. Smith ( 31st July , 1918 ) reports opossums as common about New Plymouth . They feed on the leaves of the hou - hou ...
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... Dunedin ... 191 2115 99 99 48 99 " " 361 It is known that thousands more go out of the country , nominally as rabbit - skins . Food , Habits , etc. Mr F. Hart of Round Hill , who had a long experience in catching opossums for the ...
... Dunedin ... 191 2115 99 99 48 99 " " 361 It is known that thousands more go out of the country , nominally as rabbit - skins . Food , Habits , etc. Mr F. Hart of Round Hill , who had a long experience in catching opossums for the ...
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... Dunedin . " In 1854 , he and a party killed 70 pigs at the back of Flagstaff in two days . The long - pointed snout , long legs and non - descript colours of the true wild pig showed them to be quite a different breed from the settlers ...
... Dunedin . " In 1854 , he and a party killed 70 pigs at the back of Flagstaff in two days . The long - pointed snout , long legs and non - descript colours of the true wild pig showed them to be quite a different breed from the settlers ...
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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