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Letters from William Henry Huxley to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding alligators of North America and other matters

Letters from P L Strachan of the Colonial Civil Service regarding his arrival in Sierra Leone, having been shipwrecked on 'the West India Islands', the deaths of the five African Woodcocks that he was bringing, the survival of a large scorpion (which may have accompanied the letter, a shipment of alligators and a mud turtle. Also comments that Bennett had not mentioned Mr Actin Governor ole and his brother having been admitted as Fellows

Letters from Spencer Fullerton Baird of Washington to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding ornithology

Correspondence with James M Kittleman regarding a vacancy for an Executive Director at the Chicago Zoological Park

Correspondence between Rowley Bristow and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding material showing the comparative anatomy of the forearm and Ronald Furlong of St Thomas' Hospital who was working on the surgery of the hand and tendons in America

Correspondence between Portland Zoological Park and Geoffrey Marr Vevers, and newspaper cuttings, regarding an exchange of reptiles, wallabies and hedgehogs

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and Philadelphia Zoological Garden regarding shipments of animals between their zoos, including Kodiak Bears, Coyotes, Raccoons, Aoudads, Thars, Opposums, Turkey Vultures, Screech Owls, Robins, Purple Grackles, Wood Thrushes, Olive-backed Thrush, Bicknell's Thrush, reptiles and amphibians

Correspondence with W P Heuschele, Veterinarian at San Diego Zoological Garden regarding the minutes of a meeting of the Research Council of the Biological Research Institute

Correspondence with Rio Grande Park Zoo regarding the acquisition of rare animals, such as Asiatic Rhinos