The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 49
... reported that the herd now numbers about thirty . There is no word of these deer in any previous report of the Wellington Society . Then in 1900 the herd is reported to number about 100 , " but there is good reason to think that they ...
... reported that the herd now numbers about thirty . There is no word of these deer in any previous report of the Wellington Society . Then in 1900 the herd is reported to number about 100 , " but there is good reason to think that they ...
Page 50
... reported to have crossed over into the Lake Te Anau district . Japanese Deer ( Cervus nika ) In 1885 the Otago Society received three of these deer from Mr J Bathgate , and they were liberated on the Otekaike estate near Oamaru Five ...
... reported to have crossed over into the Lake Te Anau district . Japanese Deer ( Cervus nika ) In 1885 the Otago Society received three of these deer from Mr J Bathgate , and they were liberated on the Otekaike estate near Oamaru Five ...
Page 85
... reported destruction of small birds by hawks , W. T. L. Travers reported " that he had opened a large number of hawks , and in all cases found their food to consist entirely of Mice and grasshoppers . " At present the mouse is abundant ...
... reported destruction of small birds by hawks , W. T. L. Travers reported " that he had opened a large number of hawks , and in all cases found their food to consist entirely of Mice and grasshoppers . " At present the mouse is abundant ...
Page 95
... reported them as " numerous in the vicinity of Wellington and the lower end of the Wairarapa Valley . " In more recent years they are reported as in large numbers about Marton ; increasing about Pahiatua , and as seen in almost every ...
... reported them as " numerous in the vicinity of Wellington and the lower end of the Wairarapa Valley . " In more recent years they are reported as in large numbers about Marton ; increasing about Pahiatua , and as seen in almost every ...
Page 104
... reported that some of them were killed by paradise ducks . In 1905 the Government imported a considerable number of these birds and distributed them widely , 11 going to the Southland Society , ten to Otago , a number ( unspecified ) to ...
... reported that some of them were killed by paradise ducks . In 1905 the Government imported a considerable number of these birds and distributed them widely , 11 going to the Southland Society , ten to Otago , a number ( unspecified ) to ...
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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