Returns of specimens in the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, including dried specimens of fish and reptiles, mounted mammalia, mounted birds, skulls, skeletons and small collections

Letters from J B Harvey providing a list of specimens of fish and shells that he collected. He appreciates his election as corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London and encloses varieties of concology from Devonshire. He encloses a few more specimens and expects to commence dredging shortly. He asks for information as to the best means for preservation

Headed simply 'List of Fish' and dated September 1855 in pencil. Presumably lists the fish in the new Aquavivarium of Fish House erected at London Zoo in 1852

Correspondence between R B Allnutt and George Soper Cansdale regarding a shipment of Tilapia for the Department of Agriculture for the Leeward Islands, and a request from the Zoological Society of London for reef fish