x CONTENTS 



PART IV 



CHAP. PAGE 



XIII. INTERACTION OF ENDEMIC AND INTRODUCED 

 FAUNAS 503 



XIV. ALTERATION IN FLORA SINCE EUROPEAN OCCU- 

 PATION OF NEW ZEALAND 517 



XV. ACCLIMATISATION WORK; GENERAL CONSIDERA- 

 TIONS 536 



XVI. LEGISLATION 541 



APPENDIX A; OPOSSUMS IN NEW ZEALAND . . .556 



B; LATER RECORDS 557 



C; THE TUTIRA DISTRICT 563 



RAINFALL MAP 568 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 569 



INDEX OF AUTHORITIES 585 



INDEX OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS 589 



