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Correspondence with Terry Jones regarding birds requested by the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with the New York Zoological Society regarding the diet of Humming Birds from Ecuador

Correspondence with Lady Zoe Hart-Dyke of Lullingstone Silk Farm Ltd, regarding the rearing of Emus, the sale of Peafowl, and Lyre-Birds

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 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 Peter Scott of The Severn Wildfowl Trust regarding Whoopers for the Princess Royal, a Hawaiian duck, a Black Swan from Sir Winston, an exchange of ducks, methods of preventing birds' flight, Greylag Geese, the Scientific Advisory Committee of The Severn Wildfowl Trust, a Brazilian Teal duck brought by Gerald Durrell, tickets for admission to London Zoo and labels

Letters from Arthur Grote to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a shipment of birds

Letters from Keith Edward Abbott to Edward Turner Bennett regarding bird skins from and for the Zoological Society of London

Letters from William Yarrell regarding a heraldic question raised by Edward Turner Bennett, an unspecified dispute which had been considered at a meeting of the Council at Grosvenor Square, and a manuscript of Walcott's 'British Birds' asking Bennett to allow the dates 1784 and 1785 to stand since Walcott left Teignmouth for Chelsea in 1786 and was resident in Chelsea in 1787

Letters from John Edward Gray regarding John Gould's collection of birds and his subscription to the Zoological Society of London