The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 14
... breeding sows , and turned them into the woods . They were not to be seen , nor were there any traces of them found the following year , but the members of the expedition thought that the animals had taken themselves off into the denser ...
... breeding sows , and turned them into the woods . They were not to be seen , nor were there any traces of them found the following year , but the members of the expedition thought that the animals had taken themselves off into the denser ...
Page 32
... breeding season . We find them only occasionally troublesome in apple , pear and peach orchards ; but as they are easily snared and shot , one seldom hears of any complaints even from the large orchard districts 1 . 1 All orchardists ...
... breeding season . We find them only occasionally troublesome in apple , pear and peach orchards ; but as they are easily snared and shot , one seldom hears of any complaints even from the large orchard districts 1 . 1 All orchardists ...
Page 33
... breeding sows , so that we have reason to hope this country will , in time , be stocked with these animals , if they are not destroyed by the natives before they become wild , for , afterwards , they will be in no danger . " and small ...
... breeding sows , so that we have reason to hope this country will , in time , be stocked with these animals , if they are not destroyed by the natives before they become wild , for , afterwards , they will be in no danger . " and small ...
Page 34
... breeds . We came to the spot where we had left them , but saw not the least vestiges of their having been on the ... breed modified by pigs which escaped from settlers , but the type remained dominant , and is still found in most ...
... breeds . We came to the spot where we had left them , but saw not the least vestiges of their having been on the ... breed modified by pigs which escaped from settlers , but the type remained dominant , and is still found in most ...
Page 35
... breeds of these wild pigs , it is evident that they were quite distinct in the two islands , due , of course , to ... breed , long snout , razor - backed , built for speed rather than for fattening , quick and agile in movement ...
... breeds of these wild pigs , it is evident that they were quite distinct in the two islands , due , of course , to ... breed , long snout , razor - backed , built for speed rather than for fattening , quick and agile in movement ...
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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