The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 21
... pheasants in the copses and plantations , the hares and partridges in the stubbles and turnip fields , the rabbits in the hedgerows and sandy warrens , and the salmon of forbidden price in their rivers - and there rose up before their ...
... pheasants in the copses and plantations , the hares and partridges in the stubbles and turnip fields , the rabbits in the hedgerows and sandy warrens , and the salmon of forbidden price in their rivers - and there rose up before their ...
Page 89
... pheasants had become numerous , but they have entirely disappeared in Otago . In the effort to cope with the rabbits , the country was annually sown with poisoned grain . This had a disastrous effect both on native and imported game ...
... pheasants had become numerous , but they have entirely disappeared in Otago . In the effort to cope with the rabbits , the country was annually sown with poisoned grain . This had a disastrous effect both on native and imported game ...
Page 98
... pheasant , Chinese pheasant , Australian swamp quail , Californian quail , common pigeon , little brown owl , skylark , thrush , blackbird , hedge sparrow , Australian magpie , rook , starling , Indian minah , house sparrow , chaf ...
... pheasant , Chinese pheasant , Australian swamp quail , Californian quail , common pigeon , little brown owl , skylark , thrush , blackbird , hedge sparrow , Australian magpie , rook , starling , Indian minah , house sparrow , chaf ...
Page 108
... pheasants . The starlings and other intro- duced birds ate out their food , especially the insect - life on which the young were chiefly reared . The poults were lost in their efforts to struggle after their parents for food . It was ...
... pheasants . The starlings and other intro- duced birds ate out their food , especially the insect - life on which the young were chiefly reared . The poults were lost in their efforts to struggle after their parents for food . It was ...
Page 110
... Pheasant ( Chrysolophus pictus ) The Auckland Society received one from Mr R. Claude in 1867 , and imported ... pheasants were reared , but whether these crosses were fertile or not I cannot find out . I do not think these birds ...
... Pheasant ( Chrysolophus pictus ) The Auckland Society received one from Mr R. Claude in 1867 , and imported ... pheasants were reared , but whether these crosses were fertile or not I cannot find out . I do not think these birds ...
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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