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 Heritage Library, and you can look up numbers with the “Search Inside” function.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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11 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242<br>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Catherine Early (she/her)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 15, 2024 1:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] [Nhcoll-l] AOU numbers on eggs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Could someone share a list of AOU numbers that would have been written on eggs in oology collections in the late 1800's - early 1900's? From context, I can infer that each number corresponded
 to a species, but my searches for AOU numbers online only bring up the letter codes that AOU currently publishes for species. A searchable digital copy of the list would be ideal, but I'll take anything you can provide. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Catherine M. Early, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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