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

Letter from Arthur Loveridge of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, to Joan Procter regarding a shipment of reptiles for London Zoo

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 R J Lowe regarding casks of fish sent to the Zoological Society of London and what he regards as a new species which he names Alepisaurus

4 letters from unknown authors to David William Mitchell regarding membership of the Zoological Society of London, a large blood hound for the Society and the transportation of animals

Correspondence between J R Davis and Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of the elephant and Burmese Bronzes

Letters from C Reiche to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transportation of a sealion and a pair of ostriches to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between T R Beckett and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a collection of animals from Nigeria to be given to the Zoological Society of London, including Ostriches, Cranes and Marabous

Correspondence between Bombay Natural History Society and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the import of animals to the Zoological Society of Great Britain, including a Sloth Bear Cubs and Snakes

Correspondence between the British Overseas Airways Corporation and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding Customs Exemptions for the import of reptiles from Takoradi, Nyasa and Akimoda to the Zoological Society of London