The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 98
... starling , Indian minah , house sparrow , chaf- finch , redpole , goldfinch , greenfinch , cirl bunting and yellow - hammer , a total of 24 species . The record of failures is much greater than that of successes . Order RATITE Family ...
... starling , Indian minah , house sparrow , chaf- finch , redpole , goldfinch , greenfinch , cirl bunting and yellow - hammer , a total of 24 species . The record of failures is much greater than that of successes . Order RATITE Family ...
Page 108
... starlings and other intro- duced birds ate out their food , especially the insect - life on which the young were chiefly reared . The poults were lost in their efforts to struggle after their parents for food . It was noticed that the ...
... starlings and other intro- duced birds ate out their food , especially the insect - life on which the young were chiefly reared . The poults were lost in their efforts to struggle after their parents for food . It was noticed that the ...
Page 109
... starlings are scarcely ever seen . Pea - Fowl ( Pavo cristatus ) According to E. Jerningham Wakefield the first peacocks intro- duced into New Zealand were brought to Wellington in 1843 , by Mr Petre , who imported a large assortment of ...
... starlings are scarcely ever seen . Pea - Fowl ( Pavo cristatus ) According to E. Jerningham Wakefield the first peacocks intro- duced into New Zealand were brought to Wellington in 1843 , by Mr Petre , who imported a large assortment of ...
Page 113
... starlings and sparrows which mainly decimated the grasshoppers . Mr J. L. Watson , writing from Invercargill the same year , re- marks : " the pheasants became pretty numerous " ( in Southland ) , " but through poaching and poisoned ...
... starlings and sparrows which mainly decimated the grasshoppers . Mr J. L. Watson , writing from Invercargill the same year , re- marks : " the pheasants became pretty numerous " ( in Southland ) , " but through poaching and poisoned ...
Page 115
... more abundant . " Mr Peacock in 1913 states that pheasants were very plentiful formerly in the Bay of Plenty district , but are now rare ; while black- birds , thrushes , starlings , goldfinches , green - 8-2 ANSERIFORMES 115.
... more abundant . " Mr Peacock in 1913 states that pheasants were very plentiful formerly in the Bay of Plenty district , but are now rare ; while black- birds , thrushes , starlings , goldfinches , green - 8-2 ANSERIFORMES 115.
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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