Letter from J Deal regarding his visit to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London in August. He did not see species of guinea fowl he had brought from upper Gambia so offers a pair to the Zoological Society of London

Report by William Yarrell and Mitchell about purchase of greyhounds from Abbas Pasha

Articles of Agreement and correspondence between John Warwick with the Zoological Society of London and the Earl of Derby regarding a voyage to Egypt and Nubia to procure live animals and birds for the Zoological Society of Lonon

Letter from Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett to Philip Lutley Sclater offering to get anything he wished during his trip to South Africa, and thanking him for a recent zoo ticket

Letter from Edward Bourke Ellis to Philip Lutley Sclater offering to bring a few gorillas to England on his return from Africa

Letter from E St J Fairmane to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the climate and soil of Egypt and requesting cactus seeds

Letters from Sir Edward Gray to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an exchange of animals with the Zoological Society of London, transporting eland from South Africa, and the offer of a hybrid between a British Pintail and a Wigeon

Letter from J Hargreave to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the offer for sale of a chimpanzee monkey from West Africa, including a list of tricks he could perform

Letter from Frank Harrison to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the price for a pair of young gorillas from Africa

List of desired animals from south, southeast and east Africa