RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstracts of Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1871-1875. CUL-DAR75.35. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2021. RN2

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 72-75 contain Darwin's abstracts of scientific books and journals.

See Darwin's volumes of this title in The Complete Library of Charles Darwin.


35

Transactions New Zealand Institute

Vol IV 1871

p 75 Haast Dinornis australis in N. S. Wales, like D. [illeg] of N. Zealand

[Julius Haast. Moas and Moa Hunters. Adrress to the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

209 Travers, Gull capturing moths (peculiar habit)

[W. T. L. Travers. Notes on the habits of some of the birds of New Zealand. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

Vol V 1872

p. 214 Travers on avifauna of Chatham Isld almost identical with N. Zealand

[W. T. L. Travers. On the birds of the Chatham islands by H. H. Travers, etc. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p 227 Hutton to end of paper. On origin of animals of N. Zealand

[F. W. Hutton. Note on Colluricincla concinna, Hutton. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p. 235 migration of cuckoos 1000 miles, good

p 237 The S. hemisphere for ages oceanic, as a [illeg] for oceanic Birds

p 239 New immigrant Birds

p 240 introduced from [illeg] spread widely

p 247 Honey bee introduced in 1842 & common in wild state in 1850.

p 251 Mammals in their Habitats, Solomon & New Zealand

p 252 Geology of N. Zealand (Excellent Paper)

[F. W. Hutton. On the geographical relations of the New Zealand Fauna. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p 309 Muller veg. of Chatham Is almost identical with N. Zealand

[Baron Fern von Mueller. Preliminary notes on Mr. H. H. Traver's recent collections of plants from the Chatham Islands. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p 362 Thinks native plants [cd] hold their own, if not disturbed by agriculture

[J. S. Webb. Notes on plants collected near Invercargill. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p 393 In N. S. islands several birds & insects distinct, so islands [longer] separated, then England & continent; so N. Z. could not have stood at higher elevation within this period, bc on a glacial period

[F. W. Hutton. On the date of the last Great Glacier period in New Zealand. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p 420 Hector, all glacial deposits, use of nature of moraines, as [illeg]- deposits.

Vol VI 1873

p. 77 Hector — great goose, no power of flight

p 82 do gigantic

[James Hector. On Cnemiornis calcitrans, Owen, showing its affinity to the Lamellirostrate natatores. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p 101 — difficult to explain by adaptation inequality of the two blow-holes in cetaceans.

[J. E. Gray. Notes on Dr. Hector's paper on the whales and dolphins of the New Zealand seas. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p 370 Hector, enumerates all the wingless birds of N. Zealand & remarks.

p 250 Travers — very curious facts on the struggles between several introduced & native Plants, & increase of some of latter

[W. T. L. Travers. On the spread of Cassinia leptophylla. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

Vol VII 1874

p.111 Depth between N. Zealand & Chatham not deep — Glacial period p. 333 Flora of Chatham

[T. H. Cockburn-Hood. Observations regarding the hot winds of Canterbury and Hawke Bay. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p 298 Bates. Coleoptera of N. Z.

[H. W. Bates. On the Geodephagous coleoptera of New Zealand. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p 370 The naturalized plants of Otago

[G. M. Thomson. On some of the naturalized plants of Otago. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p 419 Travers On Glacial epoch in N. Zealand — Distribution of for semi-tropical character of Flora &c

p 433 do   do.

[W. T. L. Travers. Notes on Dr. Haast's supposed Pleistocene glaciation of New Zealand. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

Tom VIII. [1875]

p 237, 240 Trap-door spiders good on their …. & instincts

[R. Gillies. On the habits of the trap-door spider. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]

p 387 good & strong argument — against glacial Period (useless land extended northward)

[J. M. Tunny. The coals and coal fields in the province of Auckland. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute ]


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