The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 2
... contribution of a jointly raised sum for the purpose of introducing Australian swallows into the country , presumably to cope with some aspect of the insect trouble . Apparently no biologist was consulted in connection with 2 INTRODUCTION.
... contribution of a jointly raised sum for the purpose of introducing Australian swallows into the country , presumably to cope with some aspect of the insect trouble . Apparently no biologist was consulted in connection with 2 INTRODUCTION.
Page 8
... insects to those of other regions is dealt with in a number of papers scattered through many publica- tions , but the knowledge of the subject is still very fragmentary . Meyrick , in his papers on Lepidoptera , favours the theory of ...
... insects to those of other regions is dealt with in a number of papers scattered through many publica- tions , but the knowledge of the subject is still very fragmentary . Meyrick , in his papers on Lepidoptera , favours the theory of ...
Page 19
... insects , and perhaps some worms , wood - lice and such familiar accompaniments of human settlement . Turning to the north of New Zealand , though the visitation was greater , the record has not been worked out so thoroughly as for the ...
... insects , and perhaps some worms , wood - lice and such familiar accompaniments of human settlement . Turning to the north of New Zealand , though the visitation was greater , the record has not been worked out so thoroughly as for the ...
Page 22
... insect invasion to secure the fertilisation of their favourite wild flowers . In time some of the plants and animals which had been introduced not only established themselves securely , but increased at a rate which upset all ...
... insect invasion to secure the fertilisation of their favourite wild flowers . In time some of the plants and animals which had been introduced not only established themselves securely , but increased at a rate which upset all ...
Page 82
... insect . During visits to Stewart Island and the West Coast Sounds between 1874 and 1880 , I was struck by the abundance of these animals in regions uninhabited and almost unvisited by man . One day the late Mr R. Paulin and I emerged ...
... insect . During visits to Stewart Island and the West Coast Sounds between 1874 and 1880 , I was struck by the abundance of these animals in regions uninhabited and almost unvisited by man . One day the late Mr R. Paulin and I emerged ...
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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