Correspondence between James Thompson, Head Keeper at London Zoo, and David William Mitchell regarding the expense to carry out the experiment of rearing mammals and birds in the Hill Country for transmission to Enland, and the transmission of a collection of Himalayan pheasants to the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Antony Nathan de Rothschild to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding Prince Troubetzkoy who wished to visit the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London to examine various kinds of pheasants

Salmon Fisheries Office
4 Old Palace Yard
Westminster S.W.

Dec 22 1869

Your Royal Highness

I have seen Mr. Bartlett of the Zoological about your pheasants
1st He quite agrees with me that dampness is the cause of the malady and that therefore if it be possible the birds should be removed to a dryer place
2 He agrees with me that the place where they are confined should be roofed over, if the birds can not be removed.
3 He thinks that they should have pepper corns and that the person who feeds them should mix up some pepper corns in the food if they will not eat the pepper corns placed for them to pick up
4 We think that gravel is better than turf but that the best thing for them to walk on would be old brick and mortar rubbish - Mr Lee will make enquiries about the mole skins for them. The best man to dress them is Mr [Rulich] 8 Bettisland Street Hoxton. You can easily get enough for a waistcoat this year.

Your Royal Highness
Most Obedient

Frank Buckland

Correspondence between E F Sherriff and George Soper Cansdale regarding a Golden X Lady Ameherst Pheasant which was sent to the Zoological Society of London by Welwyn Garden City Police

Correspondence between the Foo Kee Trading Company and George Soper Cansdale regarding the supply of Mikado Pheasants, Baikal Teal, Formosan Tree Partridge and Formosan Bamboo Partridge to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers, John Spedan Lewis and Madam Malisoux regarding the price of Pheasants

Correspondence between the Duke of Bedford and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the exchange of animals between the Zoological Society of London and Woburn Safari Park, information about Chillingham Cattle and supporting the herd, the feeding of deer, the Duke of Bedford becoming a Member of the Council of the Zoological Society of London, pheasants and water fowl from the Continent, meetings of the Council, Pere David's Deer, and the importation of a European Bison bull from Poland for the Duke of Bedford

Correspondence with Phra Abhaivonge regarding the purchase of animals by the Zoological Society of London, including a pair of Pileated Gibbons, Peacock Pheasants and Spectacled Langurs

Correspondence with Solly Zuckerman regarding Baron Melides' parrots, the Moscicki Collection, and a proposed Ornamental Pheasant Society

Letter from Major-General Sir John Bennett Hearsey to David William Mitchell regarding pheasants and other rare birds for the Zoological Society of London