INDEX OF AUTHORITIES 



Records and notes of animals and plants by Messrs Armstrong, Cheeseman, 

 Hudson, T. Kirk, Miller, W. W. Smith and others, occur throughout 

 Chapters VII to XII inclusive; they are too numerous to index. 



Anderton, T. : on polecats at Portobello, 

 74; introduction of turbot, 186 



Arthur, W.: Brown Trout, 214; growth 

 of, 215, 217; spawning of, 219; 

 white-fish, 244 



Aston, B. C.: note on wild pigs, 37; 

 action of red deer on vegetation, 47 ; 

 of wild cattle, 52; of sheep, 55; of 

 goats, 57 ; wild cats on the Kaikouras, 

 63 ; effect of rabbits, 93 ; note on wild 

 turkeys, 108 ; starlings imitating calls 

 of introduced birds, 159; colour 

 changes in animals, 515 



Ayson, L. F. : introduction of quinnat, 

 239 ; white-fish, 248 



Banks, Sir Joseph : biscuits and insects, 

 295; Maoris and vermin, 338; culti- 

 vation of sweet potato, 446; paper 

 mulberry, 474 



Basstian, Christopher: on kangaroos, 

 28, 29 



Bathgate, Alexander: rabbits in Otago, 

 87; introduction of sparrows, 165 



Begg, James: introduction of rabbits, 



Bell, Sir F. D.: shipment of salmon 



ova, 198 



Bellingshausen, Commander: Maori 



dogs, 64 ; cultivation of potatoes, 450 



Benham, Prof. W. B. : earthworms, 358- 



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Best, Elsdon: on Maori fleas, 7, 325; 

 native dogs, 65, 66; Maoris and 

 vermin, 338 ; introduction of kurnara, 

 446; potatoes in Maori clearings, 

 451 ; Cordyline terminalis, 483 

 Best, W.: on flight of starlings, 155 

 Bidwill: cultivation of potatoes, 451 

 Bills, C. : meal-worms, 295 

 Black, R. S.: colours of rabbits, 90 

 Blakiston, A. J.: food of opossums, 32 

 Bollons, Captain: opossums in West 

 Coast Sounds, 29; goats on the 

 Southern Island, 59 

 Boscawen, Col.: on wallabis, 27; 

 laughing jackasses in Auckland dis- 

 trict, 138 



Brakeley, J. H.: carp in America, 250 

 Buckland, F.: humble-bees, 273 

 Bullen, W. R.: goats on the Kaikouras, 

 58 



Buller, Sir Walter: destruction of Maori 

 rats by owls, 78; incompatibility of 

 black swans and native ducks, 107; 

 on introduction of the wood owl, 140 ; 

 on Australian swallows, 150; spar- 

 rows and Scotch thistle, 169; king- 

 fisher and bees, 281 ; albinism, 513 



Bunbury, Major: on cultivations in 

 Stewart Island, 18; presence of 

 "cassiowary" there, 98 



Butterworth, C. P. M.: brown and rain- 

 bow trout, 227 



Chambers, W.: shipment of toads, 183 

 Cheeseman, Thomas : Polynesian migra- 

 tions, 7; on Pomaderris apetala, 12; 

 specific character of introduced 

 pheasants, 113; destruction of phea- 

 sants due to small birds, 116; spar- 

 rows in Auckland, 166; tortoises, 

 178; rainbow trout, 226; Lepidium 

 oleraceum, 517; naturalised plants, 



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Clarke, F. G.: frogs on west coast, 181 



Clouston, R. E. : absence of sparrows on 

 Gouland Downs, 167 



Cockayne, Dr A. : pigs on Chatham Is- 

 lands, 38 ; goats on Auckland Islands, 

 58 ; re-grassing of Central Otago, 92 ; 

 wild turkeys in Canterbury, 108; 

 colour variation of lupin and gorse, 

 392; aggressive power of European 

 flora, 527; staying power of native 

 vegetation, 533 



Colenso, William: on Maori dog-skins, 

 70 ; discovery of Veronica Anagallu, 



Cook, Captain Jas. : arrival in N.Z. on 

 second voyage, 6, 13, 14; third 

 voyage, 16, 34 ; introduction of sheep, 

 53 ; goats, 57 ; geese, 105 ; fowls, 109 ; 

 gardens at Moruara, 449 



Cotter, W. P. : rainbow trout in Hawea, 

 228 



Cotton, Prof. : denudation due to rabbits, 

 94 



Cox, F. A. D.: wild cats on Chatham 

 Islands, 63 



Crozet: introduced plants, 13; Maori 

 dogs, 64 



Cruise, Major: on plants cultivated in 

 N.Z., 18 



