Correspondence between Gareth Underwood and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the offer of a Pangolin and reptiles including hemidactylus gracilis to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with the collector B L Mitchell regarding animals to be collected from Nyasaland for the Zoological Society of London, including Vervet Monkeys, Jackal cubs, Martial Hawk Eagle, Pangolins and Bush Babies

Correspondence between Major C J Ionides and George Soper Cansdale requesting a Great Pangolin for the Zoological Society of London

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

Correspondence with David Attenborough regarding the diet of Giant Pangolins, a Zoo Quest trip to Paraguay and a request for supplies, a collection of birds, Gerald Durrell's hopes to set up a zoo in Jersey, and two bottle-nosed Dolphins that were caught in the Adriatic and taken to Plymouth by the BBC Natural History Unit