The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 48
... 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- ganui herd is now also a large one . On ...
... 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- ganui herd is now also a large one . On ...
Page 64
... Wanganui informs me that cats frequently catch eels ; he has four or five direct observations of the fact ( 1918 ) . Cats are also responsible for the destruction of birds and tuataras on Stephen's Island in Cook Strait , where they ...
... Wanganui informs me that cats frequently catch eels ; he has four or five direct observations of the fact ( 1918 ) . Cats are also responsible for the destruction of birds and tuataras on Stephen's Island in Cook Strait , where they ...
Page 108
... Wanganui , they are not uncommon . Mr Holman , curator of the Whangarei Acclimatisation Society , tells me that guinea - fowls attack and drive away harrier hawks . Turkey ( Meleagris gallipavo ) Turkeys have apparently gone wild in ...
... Wanganui , they are not uncommon . Mr Holman , curator of the Whangarei Acclimatisation Society , tells me that guinea - fowls attack and drive away harrier hawks . Turkey ( Meleagris gallipavo ) Turkeys have apparently gone wild in ...
Page 109
... Wanganui , but it is stated that in these localities , while minahs and Australian magpies are common , starlings are scarcely ever seen . Pea - Fowl ( Pavo cristatus ) According to E. Jerningham Wakefield the first peacocks intro ...
... Wanganui , but it is stated that in these localities , while minahs and Australian magpies are common , starlings are scarcely ever seen . Pea - Fowl ( Pavo cristatus ) According to E. Jerningham Wakefield the first peacocks intro ...
Page 116
... Wanganui informs me ( 1918 ) that Australian magpies have been seen to attack and kill a hen - pheasant . What is true about pheasants is also true for all the larger game birds . It is not so much the hawks , ferrets , wekas and owls ...
... Wanganui informs me ( 1918 ) that Australian magpies have been seen to attack and kill a hen - pheasant . What is true about pheasants is also true for all the larger game birds . It is not so much the hawks , ferrets , wekas and owls ...
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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