| Description | Lists of human and animal skulls, bird, skins from Nepal and Sikin 1845-1857, lists of zoological drawings, lists of bird osteology drawings (B H Hodgson of Bristol pp2-3;
Mammal skins, Osteology, five jars of animals in sprits all for Zoological Society of London (B H Hodgson, Darjeeling) pp3a-4
List of bats, rats and deer prices (axaca 111,000 South Mexico) J Middleton p5
List of Messrs de Schlagintweits reptiles from India and High Asia, examined by Gunther 1860 p6
List of skins perfect; imperfect, skeleton mounted and number of stuffed birds pp7-9
Lists of specimens ?mammals written Gunther Nov 15 [185?] pp11-17
Extract from log of T Baines concerning janthina communis 7 Dec 1856 (off Cape Wessel, mouth of the Gulf of Carpentaria) p18; concerning sea snake 22 Jan 1857 (North West Australasian Sea) p19; ? toad fish 30 Sep 1856 (Coast of Timor) p20; concerning sea snake 25 Sep 1856 (North Coast of flores Ian Archipeligo) p21
Distribution of Hodgson's specimens c. 1854 to Paris Museum, Leyden Museum, Stutgart, Frankfurt, British Museum, India House pp22-29
Extract from Trustees minutes authorising heads to spend up to £20 23 May 1857 p30
Recommendations (Gray, Owen) and reports concerning offer of neuropterous insects from William Wilson Saunders which will be examined by Mr McLachlan Jan-Feb 1868 pp31, 33,34
Report of work carried out by Charles Waterhouse 1866-1875 mostly on coleoptera p32
Report on the unsuitability of arrangements for the preservation of collections in spirits and necessity of a Spirit Building by Gunther 21 Nov 1873 (found in Owen's papers 1912) p35
Report by Gunther to the Trustees including list of furniture and fittings which he believes will be required for the Zoological Department in the new museum at South Kensington; a statement of the architectural alterations; report recommending the erection of a separate buildings for the collections preserved in spirits 19 July 1876 pp37-57
Number of bottles containing specimens in spirit bottles brought to South Kensington 1882 pp101-103
Transporting the collection from Bloomsbury to South Kensington calendar of days and number of vans 1882-1883 p104
Proposals for enlargement of the spirit house, includes number and dimensions of cases by John Hutchinson November 1887 pp252-255
India Museum specimens sent to Calcutta, Maidstone, Oxford c.1871 pp58-64
Messrs Eyre & Spottiswoode price list for binding 1 April 1881 p65
List of lanius catalogued by Dr H Gadow 1881 pp66-67
Lists of birds including Gould collection 1881-1887 inc. hummingbirds, donated collections pp68-100
Lists of birds, skeletons sent to Dr Gunther 22-23 May 1883 pp105-106
List of insects sent to Dr Gunther 22 May 1883 pp107
Challenger expedition specimen lists - Batrachians, Fish, Mammals, Lizards and Snakes, deep sea medusae, reptiles and place of origin 1880 pp108-122; Challenger collections received during 1888, report on the hydroids Collected by Challenger and send to Natural History Museum by Prof Allman 1888 p309-313; specimens missing from the collection of Challenger Anomura Oct 1888 p314-315; Memorandum regarding Challenger ?Aleyonaria 18 May 1889 p326
Expenditure for purchases and binding by department 1882-1883 p123
Inventory of furniture, fittings and repairs 1884-1885 pp124-126
Memorandum showing grants and expenditure in respect of books, binding, Natural History Library 1884 p127
Rota for late night duty 1884 p128
General library rules 12 June 1884 (includes use of book boards p129
Diagram of kingfishers nest, Drinkstone 10 May 1884 p130
Letter to Director concerning overtime payment for Mr Sharpe cataloguer of volume on granivourus birds 3 Dec 1884 p131
Assistant's absences through illness 1884 (Smith, Sharpe, Waterhouse, Miers, Boulenger, Thomas, Ridley, Bell, Kirby, Quelch, Grant, Harting) pp132-133
Attendant's absences though illness 1884 (Ingham, Garard, Saunders, West, Atkinson, Korn, Chubb, Paul, Blomer, Lee, Trickett, Henry, Richards, Hene, Degeu, Saunders, Ling, Parsons, Louie, Hill) pp134
Letter to Gunter from A G Butler concerning his absences 1884 p136
Binding expenditure 1884-1885 p137
Entomology - report on Exotic Insects collections (coleoptera, hymeoptera, lepidoptera, diptera, neuroptera, orthoptera, hemiptera, homoptera, arachnida, Scorionidea andmyripoda) British insects Jan 1885 pp138-149
Catalogue of Birds Vol X1 including proposal that Sclater catalogue his collection Feb 1885 p149
Progress report on XII and XIII volume of catalogue of birds by R Bowdler Sharpe 28 Feb 1885 p150
List of persons nominated to complete for assistantship (Dendy, Pocock, Scharff, Shaw) 21 July 1885 p151
Extract of letter from Edward A Bond to Civil Service Commission on knowledge of zoology and comparative anatomy, classification of insects of candidates 18 July 1855 p157
Results of examination for an assistant in the zoology department 1885 with covering letter to Flower from Gunther concerning vacancy for an assistant in mineralogy 24 July 1885 p160
Notes for the practical examination for candidate for 2nd calls assistantship Sep 1885 p161
Estimate of R B S (Richard Bowdler Sharpe's) expenses to Simla [India], March 1885 p152
Memo on expenditure paid to Bowdler Sharpe. 11 March 1885 pp153-154
Memo on purchases at sale of collections and library of the late Major F J Sidney Parry 16 May 1885 p155
List of number of birds species and specimens per catalogue volume July 1885 p159
Reports and covering letter concerning sightings of a marine monster/ sea monster on vessels off of Queenstown on a ship called Emblem on the way from Rangoon to England Sep 1885 p162-164
Report on Departmental Library by J E Harting Oct 1885 pp165-166
Letter from J E Harting to Gunther concerning statistics of books purchased 30 Sep 1885 p167
Purchase of books and binding of books 1881-1888 p190
Zoology library expendure on books, purchases, binding and printing 1885-1886 p191
Copy of letter from Spencer Baird, Smithsonian Institute to Flower concerning loans and duplicates of 100 deep sea fish, notes of correspondence, donations and exchanges from the Smithsonian 1865-1885 pp169-177
Number of days holiday taken by staff [1885] p178
List of institutions to receive Natural History Publications in cases of general distribution 1 Aug 1885 pp179-180; 1887 annotated version p243
Candidates for assistantship, second class in Department of Zoology includes qualifications, age, testimonials etc (Clark, Gahan, Hill, Kirkpatrick, Swinhoe) 3 Feb 1886 pp181-186; results of examination p189; summary of background of each 19 May 1886 pp193-194
Letter to the Editors of the Ibis from Gunther concerning disagreement with claims that golden orieles eating cherries and capturing birds by electric shocks 25 Feb 1885 pp187-188
Special letter of thanks for specimens and publications from Mrs Carpenter widow of W B Carpenter including items from 'Lightning'; 'Porcupine' and 'Valorous' expeditions 1868-1870 p192
Salary and absences of Stuart O Ridley [second class assistant] 1878-1885 p197
Suggestions as to making zoological collections at Christmas Island 26 July 1886 p198
Collections made by officers of the 'Flying Fish' (Captain Maclear) during its voyage to the Christmas Island with covering letter from W J L Wharton, hydrographer of the Admiralty 1887 pp226-234
Rules of the NHM Lawn Tennis Club Season 1886 p 199
New Zealand Court Colonial Exhibition spirit specimens selected for Natural History Museum 1885 pp200-203
List of birds nests wanted for illustration 1886 p204
List of items from the HMS Challenger expedition sent to the British Museum 1 Oct 1886 p205
Reports from J E Harting concerning missing books in the zoological library 25 Jan 1887, 8 Feb 1887 p206-7
Report on collection of sponges presented by J Bracebridge Wilson of the Church of England, Grammar School, Geelong Victoria (Australia) Jan 1887 p208
Illustrated directions for preparing the skeleton of a Greenland right whale for the British Museum by W H Flower March 1887 pp209-212
List of duplicate specimens selected by Bristol Museum Mar 1887 p213
Late duty attendants rota May, July 1887 p214
Collections presented by Lord Walsingham since 1879, by A G Butler, May 1887 pp215-218
Notices from the Zoological Society of London concerning publication and styles of items in the Zoological Record March-May 1887 and notes in response to them by ?Gunther p219-224
Bibliography of citations concerning Loch Leven trout covering 1861-1885 p225
Pencil sketch of insect specimen case p235
Proposed general guide to Birds by Sharpe 1887 p236
Correspondence between Gunther and Major L J Knollys, Jamaica police concerning advice on close seasons for birds and fish in order to establish law for preservation, 8 Aug 1887-20 Sep 1887; draft notes by Gunther direction for collecting and observing fish, and form to be filled in, pp237-242
Numbers of Hume collection labels by Horne 28 July 1887 p245; A list of [duplicate] specimens from the Hume collection selected for Professor Agassiz Apr 1888 p262-288; second list of duplicate birds sent to Professor Agassiz [1889] p325
Printed list of maps in Zoological Department pp245
Copy reference for Mr Dendy by Gunther 1887 pp246-248
Coloured sketch for design of shell display cases p249
List of number of envelopes used 1886 p250
Letter from William Flower to Bond, Principal Librarian complaining that staff are being asked to work extra hours (7 hours) without an increase in pay 1887
Circular letter from Frederick Taylor of Rainhill asking for advice on collecting trap door spiders, illustrated 15 Apr 1885 pp256-257
Report on Salvin and Godman Collections [of birds] 1885-1887 p258;
Draft preface to volume 12 of catalogue of birds Jan 1888 p259; Report on Volume 12 and 13 and 14 of catalogue 8 Apr 1888 by Bowdler Sharpe pp291
Memo noting that meeting of keepers 22 Feb 1888 to discuss library p260
Note on zoological department finances Mar 1888 p261
List of British birds p289
Instructions for collecting in West Indies Apr 1888 p293-295
Watercolour of plansof gardens (western end) proposed by Dr Gunther p296
Exchanges with St Petersburg Museum 1888 p297-299
List of packages for the store room p300
Coleptera from the Reverend T Blackburn's Hawaiian Collection June 1888 p301
[Victor] Molyneaux note of late arrival 1888 p302
Regulations as to photographing works in the South Kensington Museum Oct 1888 p303
Estimate of number of items in the entomology collections by Mr Waterhouse and A J Butler Oct 1888 ; number of drawers of lepidoptera by Butler Oct 1888; items in entomology collections by family Nov 1888 pp304-306; probable number of described number of insects based upon Mr Kirby's calculations in 1885 and allowing for additions during 4 1/2 years 1885-1889 p331
Letter from Gunter expressing his support for the protest against competitive examinations 3 Nov 1888, includes pro forma and circular concerning anti examination campaign by Harry Quilter, editor of the Universal Review p307-308
Examination timetable and equipment needs for practical examination in zoology Jan- Feb 1889 pp317-318
Qualifications of W F Kirby assistant in Zoology Department [1889] p328-330
Printed leaflet on the Linnea Institution for Natural History, Berlin German by Aug Muller 1889 p316
Contents of Buckler collection Mar 1889 p319
Specimen proof of printed catalogue of library Mar 1889 p320
Report of Shelley collection by Sharpe 1889 p322-324
Total number of mounted and unmounterd specimens of parrots in the general, Hume, Tweddake, Godman-Salvin and Shelley collections by W R Ogilvie Grant p332.
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