The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... Society had three wallabies in their gardens , and a fourth was added in ... liberated at Waimate , South Canterbury . There they have increased to an ... liberated . For a week or two they hung about the homestead , after which ...
... Society had three wallabies in their gardens , and a fourth was added in ... liberated at Waimate , South Canterbury . There they have increased to an ... liberated . For a week or two they hung about the homestead , after which ...
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... Society had some specimens of this species in 1869 , but the number is not specified , nor what came of them . Kangaroo ( Macropus species ) Under this name various animals were introduced and liberated , but it is quite impossible to ...
... Society had some specimens of this species in 1869 , but the number is not specified , nor what came of them . Kangaroo ( Macropus species ) Under this name various animals were introduced and liberated , but it is quite impossible to ...
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... Society ) wrote me in 1890 : I do not know when these were liberated , but in 1869 I saw one on several occasions where the Northern Cemetery ( Dunedin ) now is ; he went bounding out of that gully while I was passing down to my work ...
... Society ) wrote me in 1890 : I do not know when these were liberated , but in 1869 I saw one on several occasions where the Northern Cemetery ( Dunedin ) now is ; he went bounding out of that gully while I was passing down to my work ...
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... Society imported some ( number not stated ) in 1869 ; five more in 1874-75 ; and four more in 1876. There is no record as to where they were liberated . Most of these came through Sir George Grey ; who liberated several grey opossums on ...
... Society imported some ( number not stated ) in 1869 ; five more in 1874-75 ; and four more in 1876. There is no record as to where they were liberated . Most of these came through Sir George Grey ; who liberated several grey opossums on ...
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... Society introduced two of these animals in 1867 , but do not seem to have liberated them . Family DASYURIDÆ Australian Native Cat ( Dasyurus viverrimus ) In 1868 the Canterbury Society received two of these animals from a Captain ...
... Society introduced two of these animals in 1867 , but do not seem to have liberated them . Family DASYURIDÆ Australian Native Cat ( Dasyurus viverrimus ) In 1868 the Canterbury Society received two of these animals from a Captain ...
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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