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Statement by Geoffrey Marr Vevers on the case of Commissionaire W J Sprunt, Gatekeeper at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, who may have died from Psittacosis which was caught from Parrots in the Parrot House

Letter from Arthur John Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham and Private Secretary to George V, to Peter Chalmers Mitchell regarding specimens of South Australian Doves and a Green Parrot for the Zoological Society of London

Notes by the Secretary and David Seth Smith on plans for a Parrot House at the Zoological Society of London

Plans relating to proposed garden improvements, with papers regarding the future of the parrot collection, a report by the curator of mammals and birds and Parrot House plans

Reports and correspondence relating to an epidemic of Psittacosis amongst the Parrots at London Zoo which resulted in the death of William J Sprunt

Correspondence between the Duke of Bedford and George Soper Cansdale regarding the import of animals from Taronga Park, Parrots to be imported to Barrington House in Haywards Heath, the importation of European Bison from Sweden for the Duke of Bedford, and the exchange of other animals

Correspondence between Doris Jones and George Soper Cansdale regarding the donation of a baby Chimpanzee from Nigeria to the Zoological Society of London, and the transportation of a Nigerian Grey Parrot to England

Correspondence between St Thomas' Hospital and George Soper Cansdale requesting a parrot for a patient at St Thomas' Hospital

Letters from Decimus Burton to Edward Turner Bennett regarding his brother's giraffe, the location of the parrot cage, drawings of the museum, the risk of fires, and the meeting of the creditors of the Colosseum