Letter from H C James to David William Mitchell regarding his dispatch to Calcutta from Darjeeling, and birds that are destined for the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Gerald Chetwynd Talbot, Private Secretary to the Governor General of India, to David William Mitchell regarding occurrences in the upper provinces of India which prevent the sending of Himalayan birds to England and the agent sent to Calcutta by the Zoological Society of London, a wild goat sent for presentation to Prince Albert, and a collection of hill birds for Prince Albert

Paper published in the Calcutta Journal of Natural History (quarterly)

Copy of a letter from Earl Charles John Canning to Colonel Phipps regarding birds in Calcutta and an expedition by an agent of the Zoological Society of London

Letters from John Anderson to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Indian Museum in Calcutta

Letters from Thomas George Baring to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Zoological Gardens at Calcutta

Letters from Grindlay and Co to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of animals and birds from Calcutta

Bills and receipts received by James Thompson in relation to his mission to Calcutta

Files relating to a trip Thompson took to Calcutta to bring back animals. Includes finances, bills and a brief diary.

Correspondence between the Zoological Garden in Alipore and the Zoological Society of London regarding a collection for the Society being shipped from Colombo to Calcutta by Mr Osman Hill