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 Captain J G Green to offer a specimen of a barn door hen which had developed cock plumage to the Zoological Society of London
Letter from Hawthorne saying he will call at the Zoological Society of London and make arrangements about the Gazellus lysery
Letter from John Humphrys regarding the identification of shells he had though of as Indian origin, and a discussion about his collection
Letters from Rajendra Mullick to David William Mitchell giving thanks for a shipment of birds shipped from the Zoological Society of London and reports on zoology, and birds and animals onboard the Prince of Wales for the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between Sir James Outram and David William Mitchell regarding an offer of tigers and a request for game birds, hunting cheetahs, the common leopard, hyenas, jackals and wolves
Letters from J M Davies regarding the shipment of animals to the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Henry Walter Bates to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his research and animals collected by Paul Du Chaillu
Letters from Herbrand Arthur Russell to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of animals, his election as member of the council of the Zoological Society, his attendance at meetings and the appointment of a veterinary surgeon at the Zoological Society
Letter from William Spiers Bruce to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his intention of visiting the Antarctic and requesting the support of the learned societies, and an offer to secure Antarctic fauna for the Zoological Society of London