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A sample of our books on natural history

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Author Catalogue:

The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand
by Barrie Heather and Hugh Robertson
Bk No. 005972
$45.00

Black Robin Country
by David Cemmick & Dick Veitch
Bk No. 006966
$55.00

Eagle's 100 Trees of New Zealand
by Audrey Eagle
Bk No. 008353
$35.00

Eagle's 100 Shrubs and Climbers of New Zealand
by Audrey Eagle
Bk No. 003787
$45.00

The Reed Handbook of Common New Zealand Ferns and Fern Allies
by R.J. Chinnock & Eric Heath
Bk No. 004981
$25.00

New Zealand Endangered Species
by Noel W. Cusa and Ronald M. Lockley
Bk No. 004807
$45.00

The Secrets of Natural New Zealand
by Betty Brownlie and Ronald Lockley
Bk No. 005486
$45.00

Exotic Intruders
by Joan Druett
Introduction of foreign plants and animals into New Zealand
Bk No. 008381
$55.00

Fifty Years of Bird Study in New Zealand
by B.D. Heather and P.M. Sheehan
Index to Notornis.
Bk No. 000434
$20.00

Forest Fungi
by Margaret E. Lancaster
Bk No. 005035
$65.00

New Zealand Farm Pests in Colour
ill. Eric Heath
Bk No. 005662
$20.00
Faces of the River
by David Young and Bruce Foster
Bk No. 005253
$45.00
New Zealand Wild Flowers Handbook
by Owen and Audrey Bishop
Bk No. 002774
$30.00
An Introduction to Freshwater Life in New Zealand
by B.J. Marples

Bk No. 000927
$15.00
Which Native Forest Plant?
by Andrew Crowe

Guide to identification.
Bk No. 002437
$15.00
Wild South
by Rod Morris and Hal Smith

Saving NZ's endangered birds.
Bk No. 006888
$30.00
Southern Beeches
by A.L. Poole

Bk No. 002716
$35.00
The Botany of Auckland
by Lucy M. Cranwell

Bk No. 000683
$25.00
Plants of the New Zealand Coast
by Lucy B. Moore and N.M. Adams

Bk No. 005666
$22.00
Working for Wildlife
by Ross Galbreath

Bk No. 006206
$30.00
New Zealand Lichens
by William Martin and John Child

Bk No. 005915
$35.00
The Native Forests of New Zealand
by John Halkett

Bk No. 007052
$21.00
Wild Fiordland
by Neville Peat and Brian Patrick

Bk No. 003834
$45.00
The Small World in the Heart of Plants
by Elma Cook

Bk No. 003299
$12.00
The Small World of the Roadside
by Elma Cook

Bk No. 003298
$12.00
An Introduction to the Fresh Water Insects of New Zealand
by J.G. Pendergrast
& D.R. Cowley

Bk No. 003370
$30.00
Weeds of Lawns, Pasture and Lucerne in New Zealand
by R.L. Taylor

Bk No. 002606
$20.00
The Tuatara, Lizards and Frogs of New Zealand
by Richard Sharell

Bk No. 007470
$45.00
Shells of New Zealand
by A.W.B. Powell

Bk No. 005668
$35.00
Insect Pests
by G.A. Helson

Bk No. 003469
$15.00
Out in the Open
by T.H. Potts

Scientific notes by early conservationist.
Bk No. 003116
$35.00
Wild New Zealand
Reader's Digest

Bk No. 007430
$35.00
The Native Trees of New Zealand
by J.T. Salmon

Bk No. 007433
$95.00
The Flowering of the Pacific
by Brian Adams

Joseph Banks' travels
Bk No. 008117

$95.00
Waders in New Zealand
by Elaine Power

Bk No. 008399
$20.00
Complete Book of New Zealand Birds ed. C.J.R. Robertson
Bk No. 010233
$45.00
New Zealand Amphibians and Reptiles
by Joan Robb

Bk No. 005353
$55.00
The Black Robin
by David Butler and Don Merton

Bk No. 007292
$55.00
Animals of the Estuary Shore
by
Malcolm B. Jones
Bk No. 007794
$30.00
Grasshoppers of New Zealand
by R.S. Bigelow

Bk No. 008280
$40.00
The New Zealand Sea Shore
by John Morton and Michael Miller

Bk No. 008151
$55.00
New Zealand's Extinct Birds
by
Brian Gill & Paul Martinson
Bk No. 008156

$65.00
The Queer and the Rare Fishes of New Zealand
by Arthur W. Parrott

Bk No. 008326

$25.00
Collins Guide to the Alpine Plants of New Zealand
by John Salmon

Bk No. 007311
$35.00
Botanical Explorers of New Zealand
by Rewa Glenn

Bk No. 007351
$65.00
Quest for the Kauri
by E.V. Sale

Bk No. 007268
$55.00
AA Trees in New Zealand
ed. Christopher O'Brien

Bk No. 005853
$30.00
Moas
by Beverley McCulloch

Lost Giants of New Zealand
Bk No. 007821
$35.00
The Spiders of New Zealand, Pt 2
by R.R. Forster & C.L. Wilton

Bk No. 009845
$375.00
for set of 5 bks (Pt 1 missing)
The Spiders of New Zealand, Pt 3
by R.R. Forster

Bk No. 009845
$375.00
for set of 5 bks (Pt 1 missing)
The Spiders of New Zealand, Pt 4
by R.R. Forster & C.L. Wilton

Bk No. 009845
$375.00
for set of 5 bks (Pt 1 missing)
The Spiders of New Zealand, Pt 5
by R.R. Forster & A.D. Blest

Bk No. 009845
$375.00
for set of 5 bks (Pt 1 missing)
The Spiders of New Zealand, Pt 6
by R.R. Forster et al

Bk No. 009845
$375.00
for set of 5 bks (Pt 1 missing)
New Zealand: Images, Impressions
by Martin Barriball
Bk No. 007072
$30.00
New Zealand Medicinal Plants
by S.G. Brooker, R.C. Cambie, R.C. Cooper

Bk No. 003011
$35.00
The Horse in New Zealand by Elaine Power (ill.) and Len McClelland (text)
Bk No. 004031
$30.00

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