The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 115
... hatched poorly ) , and rearing them at a game farm . " In 1915 the efforts of the Society to rear birds are referred to , but it is stated that these efforts had been unsuccessful . Mr W. W. Smith , one of the best observers and ...
... hatched poorly ) , and rearing them at a game farm . " In 1915 the efforts of the Society to rear birds are referred to , but it is stated that these efforts had been unsuccessful . Mr W. W. Smith , one of the best observers and ...
Page 123
... hatched out here . " A gentleman residing in Derby had informed him that he had frequently bought New Zealand eggs , which had gone to London and been sold there as fresh - laid Derby eggs . Out of curiosity he had frequently set New ...
... hatched out here . " A gentleman residing in Derby had informed him that he had frequently bought New Zealand eggs , which had gone to London and been sold there as fresh - laid Derby eggs . Out of curiosity he had frequently set New ...
Page 129
... hatched by a common hen . After- wards they were brought into a cage without a bottom , and every day this was moved on the grass . At first they were fed on ants ' eggs , bilberries and red whortleberries , latterly or barley , herbage ...
... hatched by a common hen . After- wards they were brought into a cage without a bottom , and every day this was moved on the grass . At first they were fed on ants ' eggs , bilberries and red whortleberries , latterly or barley , herbage ...
Page 152
... the firing caused the majority of the rooks to forsake their nests , so that only three small broods were hatched . In January a severe epidemic broke out amongst them which destroyed several . Dr Wright , who 152 BIRDS.
... the firing caused the majority of the rooks to forsake their nests , so that only three small broods were hatched . In January a severe epidemic broke out amongst them which destroyed several . Dr Wright , who 152 BIRDS.
Page 168
... hatched in a year ; and ( 3 ) that often more than six eggs are hatched at a time1 . Food of the Sparrow . The average farmer's opinion on this subject is valueless ; he only sees the harm that is done at sowing time and in harvest ...
... hatched in a year ; and ( 3 ) that often more than six eggs are hatched at a time1 . Food of the Sparrow . The average farmer's opinion on this subject is valueless ; he only sees the harm that is done at sowing time and in harvest ...
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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