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
Memo by Maxwell Knight
Correspondence with Professor K Lorenz regarding a grey lag, a jackdaw and a mallard to be taken to Lime Grove, a paper on the ethology of the European Bullfinch by Dr Jurgen Nicolai, and a request for bullfinches from Calcutta
Correspondence with Lady Leila Manton regarding her flamingos
Correspondence with Sir Clive Milnes-Coates regarding the purchase of Tufted Ducks and the eggs of Reeves Pheasant
Correspondence with Frances L Perry regarding shelter in the British Owls' aviaries at London Zoo
Correspondence with Rathbone Books Limited regarding Tristan Moorhens
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
Letter to J J Yealland regarding any spare ducks at the Zoological Society of London