The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 14
... season of incubation , yet it appears to be the most eligible place in the whole Sound for Game at a proper time of the year . Meanwhile his colleague Captain Furneaux , in the ' Adventure , ' had put into Queen Charlotte Sound on 7th ...
... season of incubation , yet it appears to be the most eligible place in the whole Sound for Game at a proper time of the year . Meanwhile his colleague Captain Furneaux , in the ' Adventure , ' had put into Queen Charlotte Sound on 7th ...
Page 30
... season is prescribed for it , and indeed for all marsupials . Although the species of Victoria yield a fur of little value , except such as live in the cold and mountainous parts , the case is different with the Tasmanian species ...
... season is prescribed for it , and indeed for all marsupials . Although the species of Victoria yield a fur of little value , except such as live in the cold and mountainous parts , the case is different with the Tasmanian species ...
Page 31
... season for these animals unless they were again declared to be either imported or native game , and this is not prac- ticable as they would then automatically be protected in parts of the Dominion where protection is not desired ; there ...
... season for these animals unless they were again declared to be either imported or native game , and this is not prac- ticable as they would then automatically be protected in parts of the Dominion where protection is not desired ; there ...
Page 32
... season for catching opossums would be from April to the end of July ; that would save destroying so many young ones . Mr Hurrell of Ararata ( Hawera ) tells me they are destructive to fruit trees in his district , eating the shoots in ...
... season for catching opossums would be from April to the end of July ; that would save destroying so many young ones . Mr Hurrell of Ararata ( Hawera ) tells me they are destructive to fruit trees in his district , eating the shoots in ...
Page 46
... season the Otago Society had 1000 head shot in the Hunter Valley - Makarora herd - and 667 head in 1919-20 . The problem is an interesting one from the eugenic standpoint . The vast number of red deer found in New Zealand enables the ...
... season the Otago Society had 1000 head shot in the Hunter Valley - Makarora herd - and 667 head in 1919-20 . The problem is an interesting one from the eugenic standpoint . The vast number of red deer found in New Zealand enables the ...
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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