INDEX. 



Anderton, T. : Note on polecats, 67. 

 Antipodes Island, goats on, 45 ; seals, 



78 ; mice, 92. 

 Aston, B. C., on wild cattle, 39, 40 ; 



sheep, 41 ; goats, 44 ; cats, 61 ; 



rabbits, 103. 

 Auckland Islands, pigs on, 21 ; cattle, 



40 ; goats, 45 ; cats, 61 ; dogs, 65 ; 



seals, 78; mice, 92. 

 Axis deer, 25. 

 Banks, Sir Joseph, on seals, 76 ; 



native rats, 83. 

 Beddard, Professor, on sperm whale, 



50. 



Bees, introduced, in New Zealand, 8. 

 Begg, James, on rabbits, 97. 

 Bellingshausen, Commander : Wild cats 



on Macquaries, 61 ; wild dogs, 63, 



65. 



Birds, introduced, in New Zealand, 6. 

 Black-tailed deer, 25. 

 Bollons, Captain : Goats on the South- 

 ern Islands, 45 ; rats on Campbell 



Island, 91. 



Boscawen, Colonel, on opossums, 17. 

 Broad. Judge : Rats in Nelson, 85. 

 Brunner, Mr., on Maori dogs, 64. 

 Bullen, Frank, on sperm whales, 49; 



porpoises, 52 ; killer whales, 55. 

 Bullen, W. R., on wild goats, 44. 

 Buller, Sir Walter, on bats, 80 



native rats, 86. 

 Cachalot, 49. 

 Caldwell, Mr., on New Zealand bats, 



80. 

 Campbell Island, sheep on, 43 ; goats, 



45 ; seals, 78 ; rats, 91 ; mice, 92. 

 Carnivora, definition of, 11. 

 Cetacea, definition of, 11. 

 Chamois, 46. 

 Chatham Islands, pigs on, 21 ; cattle, 



40 ; sheep, 42 ; cats, 61 ; rats, 91. 

 Cheeseman, T., on New Zealand bats, 



81. 



Chital (or axis deer), 25. 

 Cockayne, Dr. L., on wild cattle, 40 ; 



sheep, 42, 43 ; goats, 45. 



Cook, Captain James : First visit to 



New Zealand, 8 ; introduction of 



pigs, 18 ; sheep, 40 ; goats, 43 ; 



native dogs, 62. 



Cotton, Dr. C. A. : Erosion of land, 103. 

 Crozet, Captain, on native dogs, 62. 

 Darwin, Charles : Reversion among 



wild cats, 59 ; extinction of the 



native rat, 89. 

 i De Surville, Captain : Introduction of 



pigs, 19. 

 Dieffenbach, Dr., on pigs, 19 ; change 



in wild cats, 59 ; rats, 92. 

 Don, Rev. A. : Action of rabbits on 



the country, 104. 

 Enderby, Captain : Cattle on Southern 



.Islands, 45. 



European birds in New Zealand, 6. 

 Forster, Dr. J. R. : Introduction of 



pigs, 19 ; seals, 75 ; native rats, 83. 

 Furneaux, Captain : Introduction of 



pigs, 19 ; goats, 43. 

 Gates, W. H., on goats, 44 ; colours 



of rabbits, 104. 

 George, Hon. S. Thome : Fallow deer 



on Kawau, 28 ; cattle on Kawau, 39. 

 ! Gibbs, F. G. : Goats in Nelson, 43. 

 Gillies, Robert, on wild pigs, 20 ; dogs, 



64 ; mice, 92. 



; Goats. Himalayan (thar), 46. 

 I Grampus, 55. 

 '' Grey, Sir George : Introduction of 



wallabies, 12 ; wapiti, 24 ; fallow 



deer, 28 ; rabbits, 98. 

 Gunn, A. : Goats in Central Otago, 45. 

 Hardcastle, Mr., on red deer, 30, 31. 

 Hector, Sir James, on seals, 74, 75. 

 Henry, Richard, on ferrets, 72. 

 Hochstetter, Dr. : Wild pigs in Nelson, 



21. 

 Hocken, Dr. : Settlement abandoned on 



account of rats, 86. 

 Hotop, L. : Goats in Wakatipu district, 



44. 

 Huddlestone, Mr. : Rabbits in Nelson, 



98. 

 Hunt, F. : Food of opossums, 16. 



