The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 48
... Waikato ; while 10 were sent down to Wanganui . The former herd has increased very largely , and is noted for the fine heads of the stags , due , no doubt , to the abundance of food and the favourable climatic conditions . The Wan ...
... Waikato ; while 10 were sent down to Wanganui . The former herd has increased very largely , and is noted for the fine heads of the stags , due , no doubt , to the abundance of food and the favourable climatic conditions . The Wan ...
Page 84
... Waikato River , New Zealand , the same rat dives into the water and gathers the fresh - water Unio . On the river - banks the shells are gnawed open and the animal eaten . The shells are always bitten through at the same spot of one ...
... Waikato River , New Zealand , the same rat dives into the water and gathers the fresh - water Unio . On the river - banks the shells are gnawed open and the animal eaten . The shells are always bitten through at the same spot of one ...
Page 112
... Waikato in 1864-65 . In 1869 they were extremely abundant from Auckland through the Waikato and Thames to near Taupo . In the same year they reached Whangarei , but were rather rare further north . In the Auckland Society's Report for ...
... Waikato in 1864-65 . In 1869 they were extremely abundant from Auckland through the Waikato and Thames to near Taupo . In the same year they reached Whangarei , but were rather rare further north . In the Auckland Society's Report for ...
Page 123
... Waikato district , but for the abundance of harrier hawks ( Circus gouldi ) . I am not aware of any district in New Zealand where partridges have survived . The causes of their total disappearance are probably the same as in the case of ...
... Waikato district , but for the abundance of harrier hawks ( Circus gouldi ) . I am not aware of any district in New Zealand where partridges have survived . The causes of their total disappearance are probably the same as in the case of ...
Page 124
... Waikato . No report was received of these , and in the annual report for 1914 it is stated : " it begins to be apparent that they are not satisfactory birds to import , there being no perceptible increase . " * Californian Quail ...
... Waikato . No report was received of these , and in the annual report for 1914 it is stated : " it begins to be apparent that they are not satisfactory birds to import , there being no perceptible increase . " * Californian Quail ...
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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