Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Out in the open : a budget of scraps of natural history gathered in New Zealand
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Capper Press
Place
Date
1976
Physical Description
vii, 301 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Edition/State/Version
Reprint
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Copy 90741: From the library of Mr V E Baker 1998
Content
White heron -- with Tawhaio and the Kingites -- song for the mamaku -- national domains -- something about hawks -- fern leaves -- a chime of the bell-bird -- farmers' friends -- still with friends -- under the mistletoe bough -- kingfishers -- flycatchers -- meeting with a Moriori -- eels and eel-fishing -- parrots -- kia, kea, or sheep-killer -- notes on rare or little known birds -- sea-fowl -- on recent changes in the fauna of New Zealand -- classified list of New Zealand ferns -- with the gun now - and then -- black oyster-catcher = torea-pango -- introduced birds - the blackbird
Public Access Text
Facsimile reprint of edition published Christchurch, N.Z. : Printed by the Lyttelton Times Company, 1882.
Subject Notes
Thomas Henry Potts (1824-1888) was one of New Zealand's earliest conservationists.
Collection Type
General Collection
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
The development of the Auckland War Memorial Museum online collection is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.