A.O.U.
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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
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
The Philadelphia Academy of Sciences has been represented on the A.O.U.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
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 Hornaday, William Temple
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