The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 4
... Salmon ( Onchorhynchus Quinnat ) has become strongly established on the east coast of the South Island ; while all attempts to naturalise the Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar ) , though carried on unceasingly for half a century and in half ...
... Salmon ( Onchorhynchus Quinnat ) has become strongly established on the east coast of the South Island ; while all attempts to naturalise the Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar ) , though carried on unceasingly for half a century and in half ...
Page 21
... salmon of forbidden price in their rivers - and there rose up before their vision a land where all these desirable things might be found and enjoyed . Their thoughts went back to the days when they guddled the spotted trout from under ...
... salmon of forbidden price in their rivers - and there rose up before their vision a land where all these desirable things might be found and enjoyed . Their thoughts went back to the days when they guddled the spotted trout from under ...
Page 189
... salmon and 3000 trout ova , were packed closely on the floor of the ice - house , and upon them were piled blocks of ice to the height of nine feet . The ' Norfolk ' sailed on 21st January , 1864 , and arrived in Melbourne on 15th April ...
... salmon and 3000 trout ova , were packed closely on the floor of the ice - house , and upon them were piled blocks of ice to the height of nine feet . The ' Norfolk ' sailed on 21st January , 1864 , and arrived in Melbourne on 15th April ...
Page 191
... salmon ( S. salar ) , were reared , of which 650 were placed in the Waitati , a small stream a few miles to the north of Dunedin , and 50 were retained in the ponds . The former disappeared , the latter - which were strong and lively ...
... salmon ( S. salar ) , were reared , of which 650 were placed in the Waitati , a small stream a few miles to the north of Dunedin , and 50 were retained in the ponds . The former disappeared , the latter - which were strong and lively ...
Page 192
... salmon parr and S. fario . You , knowing the history of the introduction of the salmonoids into the Selwyn River as you do , will be able to judge whether such an assumption is possible . I am unable to distinguish between these crosses ...
... salmon parr and S. fario . You , knowing the history of the introduction of the salmonoids into the Selwyn River as you do , will be able to judge whether such an assumption is possible . I am unable to distinguish between these crosses ...
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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