Correspondence regarding W J C Frost being commissioned by the Council of the Zoological Society of London to collect Birds of Paradise and Crowned Pigeons for London Zoo

Letters from William Heame regarding the arrival of the Brig 'Adak' at London Docks with a Hawksbill Turtle, 2 Land Tortoises, 1 male ditto, 1 Pigeon, 6 Doves and a flamingo which is supposed to be dead and only a skin. Also speaks of the arrival of his display cabinet and asks the Zoological Society of London to select and withdraw all the insects they desire from drawers of his in their possession

Correspondence between R & S Mullens to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the trial of Ellis for taking a pigeon from the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Letter from an unknown person regarding wild pigeons on board a Brig to be sent to the Zoological Society of London