The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... early records ; it was one of the earliest societies to enter on the work of introducing new forms of animal life , yet no one seems to have thought it worth while to preserve a complete report of its doings . If such exists it has not ...
... early records ; it was one of the earliest societies to enter on the work of introducing new forms of animal life , yet no one seems to have thought it worth while to preserve a complete report of its doings . If such exists it has not ...
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... early 1 Darwin in a letter to Dr J. D. Hooker in January , 1860 , says : " Birds do not migrate from Australia to New Zealand , " a curious error for such a good observer to make , and showing the danger of generalising from imperfect ...
... early 1 Darwin in a letter to Dr J. D. Hooker in January , 1860 , says : " Birds do not migrate from Australia to New Zealand , " a curious error for such a good observer to make , and showing the danger of generalising from imperfect ...
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... early voyagers , of the dog , the native rat , one or more species of flea , and two species of lice . The Kumara ( Ipomea batatas ) appears to have been introduced first about 1300 A.D. , tradition saying that certain voyagers left ...
... early voyagers , of the dog , the native rat , one or more species of flea , and two species of lice . The Kumara ( Ipomea batatas ) appears to have been introduced first about 1300 A.D. , tradition saying that certain voyagers left ...
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... early part of the same year the Sound was visited by the Spanish corvettes ' Descuvierta ' ( commanded by Don Alexandro Malaspina ) , and ' Atrevida ' ( Don Jose Bustamente ) . I do not know how long they stayed . Captain Raven of the ...
... early part of the same year the Sound was visited by the Spanish corvettes ' Descuvierta ' ( commanded by Don Alexandro Malaspina ) , and ' Atrevida ' ( Don Jose Bustamente ) . I do not know how long they stayed . Captain Raven of the ...
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... early and casual settlement . But few animals would be thus brought in , except perhaps certain flies and other domestic insects , and perhaps some worms , wood - lice and such familiar accompaniments of human settlement . Turning to ...
... early and casual settlement . But few animals would be thus brought in , except perhaps certain flies and other domestic insects , and perhaps some worms , wood - lice and such familiar accompaniments of human settlement . Turning 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