A.O.U.
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As a result, the A.O.U. has punished the offending species by dropping them from birddom's social register.
From Time Magazine Archive
Down from A.O.U. headquarters in Addis Ababa flew a "peace mission" eager to resolve the crisis.
From Time Magazine Archive
A pronunciamento in the A.O.U. magazine Auk stripped the Baltimore oriole of its name; henceforth Icterus galbula will be known by the prosaic name "northern oriole."
From Time Magazine Archive
Unless otherwise stated, the nomenclature in this paper is that of the A.O.U.
From Birds from Coahuila, Mexico by Emil K. Urban
Some say, "as far south as Massachusetts, the Carolinas and Florida," but that is a large order, and I leave the A.O.U. to prove that if it can.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
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