INDEX OF AUTHORITIES 



587 



Kennedy : wild pigs, 39 



Kent, W. Saville: Tasmanian salmon, 



193 

 Kerner, E. von M. : food of thrush, 145 ; 



of blackbird, 147 



Killen, J. M.: frog in Whangarei, 182 

 King, Captain: visit to New Zealand, 19 

 King, J.: Australian brown frog, 181; 



rainbow trout, 228 

 Kirk, H. B.: sheep on Kapiti, 56; report 



on opossums, Appendix A, white- 

 pine-borer, 292 

 Kirk, Thomas : naturalisation of plants, 



532 

 Kirk, T. W. : breeding habits of sparrow, 



1 68; English lizards in Wellington, 



178; climbing frogs, 181 



Labes, Alfred : wild pigeons at Duntroon, 



Le Souef, Dudley: opossums in 



Australia, 32 

 Lyall, Dr: wild dogs, 68 



McBean: mallards on Lake Okareka, 



1 02 ; American wood duck, 103 ; black 



Indian duck, 103 

 McDonald, Marshall: quinnat salmon 



on Atlantic coast, 240 

 Mackenzie, Sir Thomas : weasels, 74 

 M'Latchie, Thomas: starlings and 



poisoned grain, 158 

 McNab, Dr R.: destruction of eggs by 



wekas, 105 

 Mahoney: starlings' flights, 155 ; minahs 



destructive to fruit, 160 

 Marriner: grey rats, 81; brown frogs 



eaten by Australian green frogs, 179 

 Marsden, Rev. Samuel: arrival in N.Z., 



19; introduction of cattle, 51; of 



sheep, 53 ; cultivation of potatoes, 



450 

 Martin, H. B., disappearance of rabbits 



from Auckland, 90 

 Meeson : rat swarms, 80 

 Meyrick: relationships of N.Z. Lepi- 



doptera, 8 



Monro, Dr: wild pigs in Otago, 35 

 Morrison, W. G.: red deer, 47 

 Mueller, George: weasels and ferrets 



v. native birds, 74 



Murison, W. D. : wild dogs in Otago, 68 

 Murrell, J. R.: Bharal in Mt Cook 



region, 56; chamois, 60 



Norman, Richard: ferrets and native 

 birds, 74; starlings and poisoned 

 grain, 157 



O 'Regan, P. J.: destruction of native 

 pigeons attributed to introduced 

 birds, 157 



Peacock, Hon. J. T. : sparrows in Canter- 

 bury, 165 



Peters, Charles J.: cats v. rabbits, 62; 

 stoats and weasels, 72 



Petrie, D.: rabbits in Central Otago, 92; 

 denudation due to rabbits, 94; gorse 

 and Californian quail, 392; thistles 

 as sheep feed, 423 ; flowering plants 

 of Otago, 521 ; spread of introduced 

 plants, 529 



Phillips, Ernest: growth of trout, 220; 

 rainbow trout, 229 



Phillips, L. J.: blackbirds killing tuis, 

 .147 



Philpott, A. : distribution of N.Z. Lepi- 

 dpptera, 8; mice in western bush 

 district, 84; small brown owl, 139; 

 range of song thrush, 144; of black- 

 bird, 146; flight of starlings, 156; 

 food of starlings, 157 ; nesting places, 

 158; sparrows not in bush country, 

 167 ; range of chaffinch, 170 ; 

 redpole in Southland, 172; gold- 

 finch, 173; greenfinch, 174; yellow- 

 hammers in Southland, 176; humble- 

 bees, 277 ; white-pine-borer, 293 



Pollock, John: Californian quails in 

 Nelson, 126 



Potter, A. T.: life-history of Dermestes, 

 290 



Potts, T. H.: habits of skylarks, 141; 

 Australian magpies resisting harrier 

 hawks, 151 ; food of greenfinch, 174 



Reynolds, Richard : abundance of hawks, 



5io 



Riddell, W. : white-pine-borer, 293 

 Ritchie, Dr Russell: fleas, 326 

 Rutherford, A. J.: type of Salmonidas 



in N.Z. , 190 ; carriage of frozen trout 



ova, 215 

 Rutland, J.: swarms of rats, 80 



Scott, Robert: wild pigs in Otago, 35; 

 wild cats, 62 



Seebohm, H.: migration of larks, 142; 

 lines of migration, 536; migrant 

 races of birds, 537 



Smith, S. Percy: Maori dogs, 65, 67; 

 introduction of Kumara, 446 



Smith, Captain W. M.: early settlement 

 in Otago, 19 



Smith, W. W. : food of opossums, 29 ; 

 Maori rat, 78; starlings, 155; dis- 

 appearance of minahs, 160; food of 

 goldfinch, 173; siskins in Taranaki, 

 174; cirl-buntings, 175; yellow- 

 hammers in camps, 176; bees, 277; 

 thrips, 327 



Spackman, W. H.: salmon trout, 209 



Speight, Prof. R. : rats in Christchurch, 

 81 



Stead, Edgar T. : disappearance of 

 rabbits, 90; hedgehogs and poultry, 

 97; wonga-wonga pigeons, 133; 

 ring-doves, 133; disappearance of 

 the minah, 159; cause of failure of 

 linnets, 172; white-fish, 246 



Studholme, M.: introduction of walla- 

 bies, 26 



Suter, H.: land mollusca, 8 



