The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... Manual of the New Zealand Flora by Mr T. F. Cheeseman ( Wellington , 1906 ) . A considerable , indeed the major portion of this work is necessarily a compilation , but the information has been secured only by a laborious examination of ...
... Manual of the New Zealand Flora by Mr T. F. Cheeseman ( Wellington , 1906 ) . A considerable , indeed the major portion of this work is necessarily a compilation , but the information has been secured only by a laborious examination of ...
Page 7
... Manual as our guide , we find that there are 34 genera of land and fresh - water mollusca in New Zealand . Of these 13 are confined to these islands ; three range into Tasmania and Australia , but no further ; 13 are found in ...
... Manual as our guide , we find that there are 34 genera of land and fresh - water mollusca in New Zealand . Of these 13 are confined to these islands ; three range into Tasmania and Australia , but no further ; 13 are found in ...
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... Manual as my authority for the following figures , I desire to state at the outset that I do not attach too much importance to numerical comparisons , because I realise the enormously different values attached by systematists to ...
... Manual as my authority for the following figures , I desire to state at the outset that I do not attach too much importance to numerical comparisons , because I realise the enormously different values attached by systematists to ...
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... Manual ( p . 100 ) states in regard to Poma- derris apetala : " The Maoris assert that it sprang from the rollers or skids that were brought in the canoe ' Tainui ' when they first colonised New Zealand . " Mr Elsdon Best , to whom I ...
... Manual ( p . 100 ) states in regard to Poma- derris apetala : " The Maoris assert that it sprang from the rollers or skids that were brought in the canoe ' Tainui ' when they first colonised New Zealand . " Mr Elsdon Best , to whom I ...
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... Manual of New Zealand Mollusca , published in Wel- lington in 1913 ( p . 1071 ) . The classification of Families is that adopted by the Rev. A. H. Cooke in the Cambridge Natural History . Family LIMNEIDÆ Lymnaea stagnalis , Linn ...
... Manual of New Zealand Mollusca , published in Wel- lington in 1913 ( p . 1071 ) . The classification of Families is that adopted by the Rev. A. H. Cooke in the Cambridge Natural History . Family LIMNEIDÆ Lymnaea stagnalis , Linn ...
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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