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Letter from Mr West to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a pair of great-eared owls from Norway for the Zoological Society of London

Letter to Mr Scott giving thanks for a pair of Snowy Owls which he presented to the Zoological Society of London

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 Frances L Perry regarding shelter in the British Owls' aviaries at London Zoo

Letter from Geoffrey Marr Vevers which enclosed tickets for Regent's Park and Whipsnade Zoos for the crew of SS Fort Frederick in thanks for the delivery of a pair of Snowy Owls

Correspondence between Mr Hook and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the safe arrival of the Webb collection and the Crested Bush Rat and Woodford's Owl that Hook presented to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with W W Henderson regarding the supply of stoats, weasels, herons and owls to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between the British Museum (Natural History) and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a parcel containing fleas sent by Dr J Joff, USSR, reindeer breeding in northern Sweden, a case of Snowy Owls, the skin of a Ringed Penguin, the skull belonging to the White Tayra, a Spider Monkey brought by Webb from British Guiana, and a specimen of the barbel, Barbus barbus

Letters from Abraham Dee Bartlett to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the doors to the new elephant house, animal food consumption, the female rhinoceros, the mounted specimen of a young gorilla, authorisation to sell Alice the elephant to Mr Barnum, and the theft of an owl

Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding an adoption scheme run by the Zoological Society of London, including for a Nagor Antelope, a Monkey called Bingo, a Green Monkey called Charlie, red and yellow macaws, poultry for the Children's Zoo, Patagonian Cavy, Sooty Mangabey, Parrots, a Dingo called Tony, Marmots, Minnie the Tree Kangaroo, Ali the Bear, a Fox cub called Margery, a Sooty Mangabey called Betsy, and a lion and snowy owl