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INDEX OF AUTHORITIES 



Dansey, R. D.: Frogs in Rotorua, 179; 

 brown trout, 220; white-fish, 243; 

 carp, 249 



Darwin, Chas. : migration of N.Z. birds, 

 II ; colour of wild cats, 62; Norway 

 rat, 82; potatoes at B. of Islands, 

 45 1 ; supplanting of native by intro- 

 duced species, 509, 526 



Dawbin: salnnion in Otago, 19s 



Deans, F. : twite and redpole in Otago, 

 172 



De Blosseville : early introductions into 

 New Zealand, 17 



D'Esterre, E. : introduction of sparrows 

 into Auckland, 166 



De Surville : arrival in N.Z., 13 



D'Urville, Dumont: visit to N.Z., 18 



DiefiFenbach, Dr: introduced pigs, 34; 

 colours of wild cats, 62 ; Maori dog, 

 65 ; Norway rat, 82 ; mouse, 84 ; 

 cultivation of potatoes, 451 



Don, Rev. A. : denudation due to rabbits, 



Drummond, Jas. : wild pigs, 37 ; change 

 of colour in stoats, 75 ; failure of 

 pheasants in Canterbury, 115; libera- 

 tion of lapwings, 131; skylarks at 

 CoUingwood, 141 ; food of thrush, 

 143 ; blackbirds on Auckland Islands, 

 147 ; hedge-sparrows, 148 ; minahs 

 destroying fruit, 160 ; house-sparrow, 

 164; greenfinch in Canterbury, 174 



Enys, John: water-cress, 370 



Ewart, Prof. Cossar: herring ova, 186 



Farr, S. C: salmon ova, 198; salmon 



trout, 209 

 Fereday, R. W. : extermination of native 



fauna, 508 

 Flett, H. B. : stoats and weasels v. rabbits, 



72 

 Forster, J.: introduction of pigs, 34; 



Maori dogs, 64; increase of rats, 76 ; 



gardens in Queen Charlotte Sound, 



449 

 Fowler, H. J.: flights of starlings, 155; 

 minahs following the plough, 160 



Gates, W. H.: wild goats in Lake dis- 

 trict, 58 ; colours of rabbits, 91 ; wild 

 pigeons, 134 



George, Hon. S. Thorne: wild cattle 

 on Kawau, 52 



Gibbs, F. G. : wild goats in Nelson, 57 ; 

 disappearance of minahs, 1 59 ; white- 

 fish, 244 



Gillies, Robert: pigs in Otago, 36; wild 

 dogs, 68 ; first appearance of mice, 84 



Grant, James: cats catching eels, 64 



Green, Richard: starlings eating elder- 

 berries, 158 



Grey, Sir George: introduced wallabies 

 26; zebras, 40; fallow deer, 48 

 wapiti, 49; gnu, 51; rabbits, 87: 

 cassowary, 98; emu, 99; Egyptian 

 goose, 103; black swan, 107; white 



swan, 107 ; Cape dove, 136 ; laughing 



jackass, 137 ; diamond sparrow, 163 

 Gunn, A. : goats on Galloway run, 58 

 Gunther, Dr A., identification of Sal- 



monidse, 191, 211, 234 

 Guppy: dispersal of seeds, 368, 464, 



466 

 Guthrie-Smith, H. : bullfinches in 



Hawke's Bay, 175 



Hall, J., wild dogs in North Island, 



69 

 Hallett, T. : wild turkeys, 108 ; peafowls, 



109; fowls in North Island, no 

 Hamilton, A.: introduction of potatoes, 



4SO 

 Hansen : red deer, 47 

 Hardcastle, E. : wild pigs, 36 ; red deer, 



41-46; rutting season of fallow deer, 



48 

 Hart, F. : food of opossums, 3 1 

 Hassing, G. M. : wild dogs in Otago, 69 

 Hay, James: wild fowls on Banks' 



Peninsula, no 

 Hector, Dr (Sir) James : Maori dogs, 67 ; 



identification of Salmonidse,i9i,i92, 



234 

 Henry, Richard: ferrets and native 



ducks, 74 

 Hilgendorf, Dr F.: skylarks at high 



altitudes, 141 ; sparrows and insects, 



169; white-pine-borer, 293 

 Hill, H.: rooks in Hawke's Bay, 153; 



starlings and hawks, 155; bullfinches, 



17s 

 Hill, T. B. : introduction of sparrows m 



Auckland, 167 

 Holman: guinea-fowls and hawks, 108, 



sic; shining cuckoo and Nyctemera, 



512 

 Hooker, Sir J. D.: aggressive power of 



Scandinavian flora, 525 

 Hopkins, I.: humble-bees, 274 

 Hotop, L. : goats in Lake county, 58 

 Howell, Wilfred, Salmo fontinalis, habits 



of, 22s ; rainbow trout, 229 

 Howes, George: small birds and fruit, 



174; fresh- water turtles in Southland , 



178 

 Hflddlestone : red deer in Nelson, 41 

 Hunt, F. L.: ornamental finches, 164 

 Hurrell: food of opossums, 32 

 Hutchins, C: ticks on hedgehogs, 97; 



starlings at Napier, 155 

 Hutton, Captain F. W. : relationships of 



N.Z. Fauna, 7; rat swarms, 81 ; wild 



Spaniards and rabbits, 93 ; destruc- 

 tion of pheasants, 113; rooks in 



Canterbury, 154 



Johnson, A. M. : wallabies, 26 ; introduc- 

 tion of salmon, 194; salmon- trout, 

 208; brown trout, 212; Scotch burn 

 trout, 221 ; alpine char, 222; American 

 brook trout, 222; white-fish, 24s; 

 gold-fish, 250; sundry fish, 251, 252; 

 perch, 2S4 



