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Letters from Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an expedition to the Sandwich Islands, papers on birds of the Sandwich Islands, drawings of a Rail, ornithological exhibitions, the sale of a rhinoceros, his drawing of a rhinoceros to be published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, his Cassowaries at Tring, a transfer of Tragelaphus, Galapagos Tortoises, Eclectus Parrots, Lemurs and Zebras

Letters from Edmund Ruppell, a German citizen from Frankfort, giving appreciation for receipt of his diploma as a foreign member of the Zoological Society of London, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, comments on his discoveries such as a new variety of Gasteropod, a list of mammals and birds 'our museum wishes to get from England' receipt of the 1934 Proceedings, the first volume of museum catalogue, and his wish to complete the exchange

Letters from Carl Jacob Sundevall, Director of the Royal Museum Stockholm, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding specimens found in the Museum such as Galapagos birds

Letter from Frederick Talbot, Secretary of the South Staffordshire Industrial and Fine Arts Exhibition 1869, to Philip Lutley Sclater requesting assistance to show birds and fish during the exhibition

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 the Secretary of the United Services Museum, accompanying two specimens of birds killed in Mexico and of a Scoter killed at Southampton. The letter asks the Zoological Society of London to inspect and return them

Letter from J G Vidjen of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a shipment of birds for the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Alfred Russel Wallace to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of a joint residential estate, extracts read at meetings of the Zoological Society of London, papers for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and Natural Science, his publication on 'Monkeys - their structure, affinities and distribution', a shipment of birds for the Society, improvements to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, notes on the Umbrella Bird, his election as a Fellow, papers on marine mammals, opinions on theories by Darwin, Birds of Paradise, and a list of butterflies of Costa Rica

Letter from Edmond Warre to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the donation of a bird to the Zoological Society of London

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