Correspondence between E F Sherriff and George Soper Cansdale regarding a Golden X Lady Ameherst Pheasant which was sent to the Zoological Society of London by Welwyn Garden City Police

Letter regarding a Pheasant which was received by train. It was a cross between a Golden and Amhersts Pheasant

Correspondence between Gaybird Pheasant Farm and George Soper Cansdale regarding a consignment of birds sent to Major Hendy in Swaziland

Correspondence between the Foo Kee Trading Company and George Soper Cansdale regarding the supply of Mikado Pheasants, Baikal Teal, Formosan Tree Partridge and Formosan Bamboo Partridge to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Alexander Miller of the Zoological Gardens regarding a Chinese Pheasant which escaped and had been running in Park Street, Camden Town, an escape from the Dove House, the removal of an oak fence on the southern boundary, the health of a Rhinoceros, the Society's Cashmere Goat, his visit to City Road Basin, the purchase of a Chimpanzee, a visit by the Queen to the Gardens, a stillborn Rhesus Monkey, dimensions of the back of a new den for the Elephant and Rhinoceros, the cost of laying the floor of the Elephant and Rhinoceros House, the death of a Chimpanzee and the return of John Woodbridge with Cranes and Leopards

Letters from J Neeves regarding an Anas Cygna or Chin Chow Goose, a letter from Mr Acali referring to the new Purple Headed Pheasant, a little tortoise that belonged to his daughter which he asked the Zoological Society of London to take charge of in his absence, his son who had been in China to procure a Medallion Pheasant and some bird skins sent by his son for the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Murray M Johnson to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Zoological Society of London being liable for a surveyor's fee, the Society's position as tenants, sewers and drains in the gardens, a bill in chancery regarding pheasants which were claimed by the Acclimatisation Society, the lease for the piece of ground on the north side of the canal, the purchase of premises situated in Hanover Square and Oxford Street, and Regent's Canal railway

Letter from Edward Roche to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding birds and other animals being delivered, such as black necked swans, pheasants and antelope

Letter from Antony Nathan de Rothschild to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding Prince Troubetzkoy who wished to visit the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London to examine various kinds of pheasants

Letter from Joseph Mary Thouveau. Bishop of Sebastopol, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding Lady Amherst's Pheasant