The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 22
... early associa- tions , but the latter were in the ascendant . They recked not of new conditions , they knew nothing of the possibilities of development possessed by species of plants and animals which , in the severe struggle for ...
... early associa- tions , but the latter were in the ascendant . They recked not of new conditions , they knew nothing of the possibilities of development possessed by species of plants and animals which , in the severe struggle for ...
Page 33
... early juvenile immigrants . Captain Cook introduced pigs on his second voyage to New Zealand as he states that while in Queen Charlotte Sound in June , 1773 , " Captain Furneaux put on shore , in Cannibal Cove , a boar and two breeding ...
... early juvenile immigrants . Captain Cook introduced pigs on his second voyage to New Zealand as he states that while in Queen Charlotte Sound in June , 1773 , " Captain Furneaux put on shore , in Cannibal Cove , a boar and two breeding ...
Page 36
... early days . The red coat of the Tamworth type has defied time . It has lost most of its lustre but he thinks that nobody can doubt that the sandy , long - snouted wild pig has Tamworth blood in its veins . Black pigs with a white ...
... early days . The red coat of the Tamworth type has defied time . It has lost most of its lustre but he thinks that nobody can doubt that the sandy , long - snouted wild pig has Tamworth blood in its veins . Black pigs with a white ...
Page 42
... Early in the year 1863 he liberated the deer on the Taratahi Plains , and for some time they were constant visitors to the farmers , accepting all kinds of food . Later , however , they crossed the Ruamahanga River , and took up their ...
... Early in the year 1863 he liberated the deer on the Taratahi Plains , and for some time they were constant visitors to the farmers , accepting all kinds of food . Later , however , they crossed the Ruamahanga River , and took up their ...
Page 61
... early days of settlement , though for long they never strayed very far from the abodes of men . But after rabbits began to increase in many parts at such a rate as to reduce the sheep - carrying capacity of the country , sheep farmers ...
... early days of settlement , though for long they never strayed very far from the abodes of men . But after rabbits began to increase in many parts at such a rate as to reduce the sheep - carrying capacity of the country , sheep farmers ...
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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