The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... probably introduced the Polynesian rat ( Mus exulans ) , as well as at least one species of flea - probably Pulex irritans ( some think two species ) . Mr Best considers the Europeans are HISTORICAL RECORD.
... probably introduced the Polynesian rat ( Mus exulans ) , as well as at least one species of flea - probably Pulex irritans ( some think two species ) . Mr Best considers the Europeans are HISTORICAL RECORD.
Page 11
... probably easily transport seeds and spores , and though the usual course of the wind - currents is not so directly from west to east , yet such high winds apparently do occur , and that not unfrequently . Another agency by which seeds ...
... probably easily transport seeds and spores , and though the usual course of the wind - currents is not so directly from west to east , yet such high winds apparently do occur , and that not unfrequently . Another agency by which seeds ...
Page 36
... probably the original one . The next is a grey one , commonly known by the name of Tonga tapu , and may therefore be supposed to have been thence derived . The third variety is generally of a reddish brown , marked with lateral black or ...
... probably the original one . The next is a grey one , commonly known by the name of Tonga tapu , and may therefore be supposed to have been thence derived . The third variety is generally of a reddish brown , marked with lateral black or ...
Page 42
... probably the best stocked red deer ground on the globe . On Te Awaite run bordering on the East Coast , the deer may now be seen in bunches of up to a hundred head . At the beginning of last year it was estimated that there were fully ...
... probably the best stocked red deer ground on the globe . On Te Awaite run bordering on the East Coast , the deer may now be seen in bunches of up to a hundred head . At the beginning of last year it was estimated that there were fully ...
Page 44
... probably with dogs - to go in , in order to keep them in check to some extent . Writing to me in August , 1918 , Mr Hardcastle says : Deer increase more rapidly in New Zealand than in the northern hemisphere . Whether there is a larger ...
... probably with dogs - to go in , in order to keep them in check to some extent . Writing to me in August , 1918 , Mr Hardcastle says : Deer increase more rapidly in New Zealand than in the northern hemisphere . Whether there is a larger ...
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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