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
Letter from Arthur Loveridge of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, to Joan Procter regarding a shipment of reptiles for London Zoo
Papers concerning buildings in London Zoo and the health of animals in there. Includes reports of the Garden Arrangements Committee, 1850, 1854; Secretary's estimate of income and expenditure for 1854 and report of works recommended to be carried out
Letter from S N A Drummond Hay regarding the shipping of animals by HM sloop 'Procuris', preliminary notice of proposed shipment of animals via Gibraltar, a few specimens that have been sent via a friend and agent in Gibraltar, thanks for the volume of Desmarish and confirmation that they will send to the Zoological Society of London every rare animal within their reach
Letter from Edgar Chatterton to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding no longer being able to view the animals behind the cages following reports in the newspapers about the way in which the reptiles were being fed in the reptile house
Letter from John Colam of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the serpent feeding in the reptile house being a healthy amusement for children and young persons
Letter from J Bartlett to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding animals in the Zoological Society collections
Correspondence between the Societe Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Gand and Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the exchange of animals including a Bubal
Letter from F Lawrence, honorary secretary of the Church Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Animals, to Peter Chalmers Mitchell regarding an article in the Daily Chronicle about the treatment of animals in the zoo