{"value"=>"<p>The records of the American Ornithologists' Union consist of sales and subscriptions correspondence (1901-02) of William Dutcher as treasurer and business manager, relative to A.O.U. publications including its journal <span class=\"title\">The Auk</span> and its checklist of North American birds. Included are field notes of daily observations of wind, weather, temperature and birds made for the A.O.U. at Hortons Point Light, L.I., 1885-88, by George S. Prince; at Little Gull Island Light, N.Y., 1885-88, by Henry P. Field; and at Montauk Point, L.I., 1885-89, by James C. Scott. Included also are minutes (Dec. 12, 1885 - Feb. 17, 1887) of the Committee on the Protection of North American Birds of the American Ornithologists' Union.</p>"}