Correspondence and papers regarding 'A New Dictionary of Birds', a centenary publication of the British Ornithologists' Union, and edited by Sir Landsborough Thomson

Letters from Keith Edward Abbott to Edward Turner Bennett regarding bird skins from and for the Zoological Society of London

Letter regarding the purchase of birds for the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Allan, Deffell & Co. to David William Mitchell requesting assistance for Mr James Thompson and a collection of birds and some quadrapeds

Reports of the Curator of the Aquarium, Director, Prosector, Curator of Mammals, Curator of the Aquarium, Curator of Birds, Veterinary Officer, and Pathologist for the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London, with agendas and minutes. Also a disposal list of anatomical material from the Prosectorium and the minutes of the Aspergillus Sub-Committee

Reports by the Veterinary Officer, Pathologist, Curator of the Aquarium, Curator of Birds, Curator of Mammals and agendas and meeting minutes for the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London

agenda and meeting minutes

Reports of the Curator of the Aquarium, Curator of Mammals, Curator of Birds, Pathologist, Veterinary Officer, Director for the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London, with agendas and minutes. Also papers on 'Fats as Limiting Substances or as Activators of Respiratory Exchange, Cell Growth and Regeneration' by J Budwig, 'Deficiency of Essential Fatty Acids in Lower Animals' by H M Sinclair

Reports of the Director, Pathologist, and Curator of Birds for the Animal Welfare and Husbandry Committee of the Zoological Society of London. Also, memorandums, zoo development plan, agendas and minutes, list of tranquilizers used in hospital, a syllabus for keepers' instructional course, and a preliminary list of proposed names of persons to be circularised in connection with morphological work to be carried out on rare animals at present in or likely to arrive at the prosectorium

"List of the Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum.", 1843. Copy signed by Hodgson. Not annotated. "List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I - Accipitres.", 1844. Copy signed by Hodgson. Not annotated. "Catalogue of the Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. Ungulata furcipeda.", 1852. Copy annotated by Hodgson. "Catalogue of the Specimens and Drawings of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes of Nepal and Tibet, presented by B.H. Hodgson, Esq., to the British Museum. Second Edition.", 1863. Three copies annotated by Hodgson.

Correspondence with David Attenborough regarding the diet of Giant Pangolins, a Zoo Quest trip to Paraguay and a request for supplies, a collection of birds, Gerald Durrell's hopes to set up a zoo in Jersey, and two bottle-nosed Dolphins that were caught in the Adriatic and taken to Plymouth by the BBC Natural History Unit