The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... destroyed them wherever found because they threatened the total destruction of the native bird life . There has been no settled policy . This has largely been due to the total failure of the com- munity to grasp the scientific aspect of ...
... destroyed them wherever found because they threatened the total destruction of the native bird life . There has been no settled policy . This has largely been due to the total failure of the com- munity to grasp the scientific aspect of ...
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... destroyed by them . In " Nature Notes " in the Lyttelton Times of 19th October , 1912 , by Mr Jas . Drummond this passage occurs : Mr A. J. Blakiston , Manager Orari Gorge Estate , South Canterbury , where opossums are very plentiful ...
... destroyed by them . In " Nature Notes " in the Lyttelton Times of 19th October , 1912 , by Mr Jas . Drummond this passage occurs : Mr A. J. Blakiston , Manager Orari Gorge Estate , South Canterbury , where opossums are very plentiful ...
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... destroyed by the natives before they become wild , for , afterwards , they will be in no danger . " and small boys . These I can manage to fix during the daylight , but cannot see why a set of cranks , who have nothing of their own to ...
... destroyed by the natives before they become wild , for , afterwards , they will be in no danger . " and small boys . These I can manage to fix during the daylight , but cannot see why a set of cranks , who have nothing of their own to ...
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... destroyed larch and Pinus laricio . * Fallow Deer ( Cervus dama ) Hon . S. Thorne George , who lived on Kawau from 1869 to 1884 , says that the first fallow deer in the colony were introduced there by his uncle Sir Geo . Grey ; but he ...
... destroyed larch and Pinus laricio . * Fallow Deer ( Cervus dama ) Hon . S. Thorne George , who lived on Kawau from 1869 to 1884 , says that the first fallow deer in the colony were introduced there by his uncle Sir Geo . Grey ; but he ...
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... destroyed since . In 1876 the Auckland Society received 28 deer ( out of 33 shipped from London ) , and liberated 18 on the Maungakawa Range , Waikato ; while 10 were sent down to Wanganui . The former herd has increased very largely ...
... destroyed since . In 1876 the Auckland Society received 28 deer ( out of 33 shipped from London ) , and liberated 18 on the Maungakawa Range , Waikato ; while 10 were sent down to Wanganui . The former herd has increased very largely ...
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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