The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... specimens of at least two species of Australian swallows ( the Australian Tree Swallow ( Pterochelidon nigricans ) and the Australian Swift ( Cypselus pacificus ) ) visit our shores nearly every summer , and that natural agencies have ...
... specimens of at least two species of Australian swallows ( the Australian Tree Swallow ( Pterochelidon nigricans ) and the Australian Swift ( Cypselus pacificus ) ) visit our shores nearly every summer , and that natural agencies have ...
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... specimens of this species in 1869 , but the number is not specified , nor what came of them . Kangaroo ( Macropus ... specimen from Sir George Grey . The Society's Report for 1872 states that there were " about 15 " in the gardens ...
... specimens of this species in 1869 , but the number is not specified , nor what came of them . Kangaroo ( Macropus ... specimen from Sir George Grey . The Society's Report for 1872 states that there were " about 15 " in the gardens ...
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George Malcolm Thomson. The Otago Society introduced one specimen in 1867 , and apparently others were privately ... specimens on the Dunrobin Station , but nothing was heard of them afterwards . In the same year the captain of a ...
George Malcolm Thomson. The Otago Society introduced one specimen in 1867 , and apparently others were privately ... specimens on the Dunrobin Station , but nothing was heard of them afterwards . In the same year the captain of a ...
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... specimens caught in Riverton bush that have been shown to me , I can vouch that in New Zealand they grow even larger and produce fur of better quality . At the October ( 1890 ) fur sales Tasmanian skins realised up to 8s . 6d . each ...
... specimens caught in Riverton bush that have been shown to me , I can vouch that in New Zealand they grow even larger and produce fur of better quality . At the October ( 1890 ) fur sales Tasmanian skins realised up to 8s . 6d . each ...
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... specimens received by the Auckland Society in 1875-76 ; yet it is almost certain there were others . If not , then all the Sambur in New Zealand up to 1907 were the progeny of one pair , and of course are very closely interbred ...
... specimens received by the Auckland Society in 1875-76 ; yet it is almost certain there were others . If not , then all the Sambur in New Zealand up to 1907 were the progeny of one pair , and of course are very closely interbred ...
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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