Guide to the Records of the Zoological Society of London (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1196
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
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M. Allport (Hobart) to P.L. Sclater, 10 August 1869 (File)
Success of salmon spawning experiment in Tasmania.
M. Allport to P.L. Sclater, 6 November 1869 (File)
Sends paper on introduction of salmon to Tasmania.
G. Bennett (Sydney) to P.L. Sclater, 6 September 1870 (File)
Specimens of Ceratodus forsteri, reptilian fish, received from Mary's Creek, Queensland; three specimens of wood hen sent to Society.
G. Bennett to P.L. Sclater, 20 February 1871 (File)
Despatch of wood hens from Howe Island; C. Moore had sent white kangaroo rat.
L.A. Bernays to P.L. Sclater, 10 August 1870 (File)
Queensland Acclimatisation Society declines to exchange specimens.
Sir Arthur Bigge to [P.C. Mitchell], 27 July 1903 (File)
Offers Society specimen of South Australian dove and green parroquet.
W.H. Catlett (Sydney) to P.L. Sclater, 15 November 1890 (File)
Receipt of English squirrel for Sydney Zoo; sends pair of American foxes originally purchased to destroy rabbits in New Zealand.
G.P. Clifford (Dunedin) to [P.L. Sclater], 2 April 1870 (File)
Despatch of New Zealand birds Apteryx and Kakapo; Otago Acclimatisation Society requires game or insect-eating birds.
J. Gould to [D.W. Mitchell], 5 February 1851 (File)
Offers his collection of humming-birds for exhibition, provided Society erects suitable house and half receipts go to Gould.
J. Gould to [D.W. Mitchell], 4 December 1851 (File)
Offers to place collecting of humming-birds at disposal of Society for exhibition for 12 months.
A.C.L.G. Gunther (British Museum) to P.L. Sclater, 30 March 1870 (File)
G. Krefft wishes his discovery of Ceratodus to be published as soon as possible.
J. Hector (Wellington) to [A.C.L.G. Gunther], 9 September 1868 (File)
Has despatched with Sir George Grey two live specimens of Hatteria.
Sir Joseph Hooker to P.L. Sclater, n.d. (File)
Inquiry by Featherston on progress of W.L. Buller's Birds of New Zealand.
Sir William Hooker to P.L. Sclater, 2 April 1861 (File)
Australian trees and shrubs sent to Ascencion Island; has led to increase in insects which might be reduced by introduction of suitable birds.
Correspondence between W. Purdy, manager of South Australian Banking Company, and D.W. Mitchell, March 1856 - May 1857 (File)
Concerning money fraudulently obtained by J. Houston, sent to Australia in 1855, using forged letter of Mitchell. (11 letters)
W.S. Kent to P.L. Sclater, 28 February 1884 (File)
Owing to appointment as Inspector of Fisheries in Tasmania will have to give up management of Brighton Biological Laboratory.
W.S. Kent to P.L. Sclater, 29 September 1886 (File)
Sends monthly report: good prospects for oyster fishery of Tasmania.
G. Krefft (Sydney) to P.L. Sclater, 13 July 1869 (File)
Birds found in New Ireland; wealth of collections of Australian Museum but no time to describe them; has been made Chevalier of Crown of Italy.
G. Krefft to P.L. Sclater, 10 June 1870 (File)
Importance of Ceratodus; has heard of fish in Queensland which walks from pool to pool and climbs trees; wishes to explore Wide Bay district; strange lizard.
G. Krefft to P.L. Sclater, 29 December 1870 (File)
Cost of sending specimens to England; collector sent to Queensland for Ceratodus; requests some birds for Australian Museum.
Lord Onslow to [P.L. Sclater], 29 June 1892 (File)
Offers Society pair of Keas, New Zealand parrots.
Lord Onslow to P.L. Sclater, 23 January 1893 (File)
Sends report on suitability of Little Barrier Island as reserve for native birds of New Zealand; suggests Society urge New Zealand Government to purchase Island. (see H. Wright)
Sir Stamford Raffles (Bencoolen) to Sir Everard Home, 13 August 1821 (File)
Sends head of Sumatran elephant; does not believe Babiroussa exists in Sumatra or Java; geographical and geological work in Sumatra.
E.P. Ramsay (Sydney) to P.L. Sclater, 13 July 1870 (File)
Visit to Queensland; is sending Ceratodus.
E.P. Ramsay to P.L. Sclater, 6 September 1870 (File)
Sends bill of lading; discovery of other specimens of Ceratodus.
E.P. Ramsay to P.L. Sclater, 27 January 1871 (File)
Arrival of Ceratodus in England; its habits and location.
G.S. Sale to [P.L. Sclater], 10 September 1870 (File)
Offers only live specimen in England of Kakapo, New Zealand parrot.
Capt. R.F. Scott to P.L. Sclater, [1901]-06-24 (File)
Difficulty with dogs to be taken on Antarctic Expedition; seeks assistance.
W.J. Scott (Cardwell, Qld.) to P.L. Sclater, 9 November 1868 (File)
Capture of cassowary in Lower Herbert district; difficulty in preserving head; hopes to send it to Society.
G. Sprigg (Melbourne) to P.L. Sclater, 26 August 1863 (File)
Sends papers on action taken by Acclimatisation Society of Victoria to procure specimens of pigeons at Navigator's Islands.
J.G. Vidjen (Brisbane) to [P.L. Sclater], 30 August 1869 (File)
Shipment of birds to England; receipt of English birds and rooks.
A.R. Wallace (Sourabaya) to P.L. Sclater, September 1861 (File)
Stay on island of Bourn; its affinities with Celebes; difficulty of ascertaining true locality of birds of Paradise, which are carried by traders; difficulty in obtaining cassowary.
A.R. Wallace (Singapore) to P.L. Sclater, 7 February 1862 (File)
Purchase of birds of Paradise; plans for voyage home.
A.R. Wallace (Ceylon) to S. Stevens, 16 February 1862 (File)
Voyage to England with living birds of Paradise; seeks advice on when to bring them to England.
A.R. Wallace to P.L. Sclater, 31 March 1862 (File)
Arrival in England with birds of Paradise; their food.
A.R. Wallace to P.L. Sclater, 19 June 1875 (File)
Inquires about paper on Galapagos Islands; seeks lists of birds and reptiles.