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“But it is entirely inappropriate for the Canadian national bird to have a name imposed by a self-appointed foreign body. The A.O.U. can fall into line for once, or do whatever they want. But they do not get to name our national symbols.”

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."

These unions have produced hybrids that do not fit the A.O.U.'s official definition of a distinct species.

As a result, the A.O.U. has punished the offending species by dropping them from birddom's social register.

Down from A.O.U. headquarters in Addis Ababa flew a "peace mission" eager to resolve the crisis.