Correspondence between Clarence Bartlett, Philip Lutley Sclater and Balmoral Castle regarding the skin and skeleton of a giraffe and the donation of the skin to the Natural History Museum. Also telegrams from Balmoral Castle sending the Queen's condolences on the death of the giraffe and her request that it should be buried

Correspondence between the British Museum (Natural History) and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a parcel containing fleas sent by Dr J Joff, USSR, reindeer breeding in northern Sweden, a case of Snowy Owls, the skin of a Ringed Penguin, the skull belonging to the White Tayra, a Spider Monkey brought by Webb from British Guiana, and a specimen of the barbel, Barbus barbus

Letters from J Neeves regarding an Anas Cygna or Chin Chow Goose, a letter from Mr Acali referring to the new Purple Headed Pheasant, a little tortoise that belonged to his daughter which he asked the Zoological Society of London to take charge of in his absence, his son who had been in China to procure a Medallion Pheasant and some bird skins sent by his son for the Zoological Society of London