Booklet, Extracts from the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. XIX
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Colenso, William
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1886
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A booklet containing extracts from the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, Volume XIX, 1886.
Article XIII. - A Description of the curiously-deformed Bill of a Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris, Gould) an endemic New Zealand Bird. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 9 August 1886. The article is about a female huia with a severely deformed bill, the upper mandible being a double corkscrew. A lithograph depicting a sketch of the deformed huia bill accompanies the paper.
Article XIV. - A Description of a large and new Species of Orthopterous Insect, of the Genus Hemideina, Walker. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 9 August 1886.
Article XV. - Further notes and Observations on the Gestation, Birth and Young of a Lizard, a species of Naultinus. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 9 August 1886.
Article XXXII. - A few Observations on the Tree-Fern of New Zealand; with particular Reference to their peculiar Epiphytes, their Habit, and their manner of Growth. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 9 August 1886. A lithograph depicting a sketch of the tree fern accompanies the paper.
Article XXXIII. - A Description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous Phaenogamic Plants, being a further Contribution towards making known the Botany of New Zealand. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 11 October 1886.
Article XXXIV. - A Description of some newly-discovered Cryptogamic Plants, being a further Contribution towars the making known the Botany of New Zealand. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 11 October 1886.
Article XXXV. - An Enumeration of Fungi recently discovered in New Zealand, with brief notes on the Species Novae. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 13 September 1886.
Article XIII. - A Description of the curiously-deformed Bill of a Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris, Gould) an endemic New Zealand Bird. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 9 August 1886. The article is about a female huia with a severely deformed bill, the upper mandible being a double corkscrew. A lithograph depicting a sketch of the deformed huia bill accompanies the paper.
Article XIV. - A Description of a large and new Species of Orthopterous Insect, of the Genus Hemideina, Walker. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 9 August 1886.
Article XV. - Further notes and Observations on the Gestation, Birth and Young of a Lizard, a species of Naultinus. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 9 August 1886.
Article XXXII. - A few Observations on the Tree-Fern of New Zealand; with particular Reference to their peculiar Epiphytes, their Habit, and their manner of Growth. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 9 August 1886. A lithograph depicting a sketch of the tree fern accompanies the paper.
Article XXXIII. - A Description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous Phaenogamic Plants, being a further Contribution towards making known the Botany of New Zealand. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 11 October 1886.
Article XXXIV. - A Description of some newly-discovered Cryptogamic Plants, being a further Contribution towars the making known the Botany of New Zealand. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 11 October 1886.
Article XXXV. - An Enumeration of Fungi recently discovered in New Zealand, with brief notes on the Species Novae. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 13 September 1886.
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1886
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Grey paper cover, with paper pages printed in black ink, bound through spine by string
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Length x Width x Height: 212 x 137 x 7mm
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Wm Colenso, Jun.r Esq / 6/7/87., Inscription, Handwritten
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1886
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67886
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