The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... wild in New Zealand in 1773 , and which were common to this country , and any other land areas , it is advisable to take a brief survey of these common species and see from what region the most recent introductions before that date ...
... wild in New Zealand in 1773 , and which were common to this country , and any other land areas , it is advisable to take a brief survey of these common species and see from what region the most recent introductions before that date ...
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... wild pigs which afterwards became so common in the South Island . Cook also landed two goats , a male and a female , on the east side of the Sound , but there is reason to believe that the natives killed them . He gave them another pair ...
... wild pigs which afterwards became so common in the South Island . Cook also landed two goats , a male and a female , on the east side of the Sound , but there is reason to believe that the natives killed them . He gave them another pair ...
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... wild , or had been left , or if they were all carried away again . Unfortunately we have no information on the subject . On 19th September , 1795 , the ' Endeavour , ' Captain Bampton , of 800 tons , and the brig ' Fancy ' of 150 tons ...
... wild , or had been left , or if they were all carried away again . Unfortunately we have no information on the subject . On 19th September , 1795 , the ' Endeavour , ' Captain Bampton , of 800 tons , and the brig ' Fancy ' of 150 tons ...
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... wild flowers they had loved , and they sowed these in all sorts of localities , wherever it seemed to them that they would grow . No biological considerations ever disturbed their dreams , nor indeed did they ever enter into their ...
... wild flowers they had loved , and they sowed these in all sorts of localities , wherever it seemed to them that they would grow . No biological considerations ever disturbed their dreams , nor indeed did they ever enter into their ...
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... Wild Boar ( Sus scrofa ) The first pigs landed in New Zealand were two little ones which De Surville presented to the Chief of the natives at Doubtless Bay in December , 1769. It is not known what happened to these early juvenile ...
... Wild Boar ( Sus scrofa ) The first pigs landed in New Zealand were two little ones which De Surville presented to the Chief of the natives at Doubtless Bay in December , 1769. It is not known what happened to these early juvenile ...
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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