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Correspondence between C S Webb, Alfred Ezra and L K Acooli regarding the supply of animals to London Zoo, including Pheasants, Pandas, Partridges and Crane

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

Correspondence with Lady Olive Bailie regarding her trip to London Zoo and a tour of the birds, and invitation to see her collection of birds, and an offer of Masked Lovebirds for Lady Bailie

Letter to G Iles of Belle Vue Zoo in Manchester regarding J Seago leaving for East Africa to collect live animals

Letters from the Big Game Ranch in Arusha regarding the prices for East African wild animals

Correspondence regarding the importation of wild animals and birds from Abyssinia including Gelada Baboons and Royal Starlings

Correspondence with Dierenpark Wassenaar regarding formula used for hummingbirds and the exchange of animals

Correspondence with K Drysdale regarding birds being brought by Drysdale to London Zoo and accommodation for two Cheetahs in quarantine

Correspondence with Gerald Durrell regarding animals to be deposited at London Zoo, the exchange of Gough Island Moorhens for a pair of Rheas, a publication by the International Union for the Preservation of Nature on extinct and vanishing birds, a trip to Argentina, the diet of Giant Pangolins, and the care of Notornis

Correspondence with Elizabeth Evans regarding the offer of her Cockatoo to London Zoo