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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

Correspondence with Viscount Head regarding the transport of a Gibbon to Lagos, and Chimpanzees and Swans to Kuala Lumpur

Letters from William Heame regarding the arrival of the Brig 'Adak' at London Docks with a Hawksbill Turtle, 2 Land Tortoises, 1 male ditto, 1 Pigeon, 6 Doves and a flamingo which is supposed to be dead and only a skin. Also speaks of the arrival of his display cabinet and asks the Zoological Society of London to select and withdraw all the insects they desire from drawers of his in their possession

Letters from Arthur Herbert to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the collections of Graham Kerr left on board the Bolivia

Letters from Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding collections of birds and botany

Letters from Frederick John Jackson of the Imperial Institute to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding zoological work of the British Polar Expedition and the offer of three young bear cubs to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Hartmann W Just to Philip Lutley Sclater, and a draft reply, regarding the transportation of a giraffe for the Queen

Letters from Sir John Graham Kerr to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding lists of birds, his degree course, his collection of birds, and papers

Letters from Sir Francis Lindley to the Zoological Society of London regarding voting in a meeting of the Council. Also an offer to collect crayfish and trout

Correspondence between the London Anglers Association and the Zoological Society of London regarding the collection of fish from reservoirs at Walton