In 1920, the 37th volume of The Auk included 41 major articles. The lead was a memorial for William Brewster (1851–1919). It was followed by tributes to Brewster and Lyman Belding (1829–1917), and announcements of adoptions of memorials for Brewster. In the inaugural issue of the year, editor Witmer Stone placed a notice of a publication delay and a backlog of submissions, requested a Publication Fund and that authors provide their addresses with their names at the end of a manuscript, and clarified his choices in the content and organization of The Auk. Stone attributed the backlog to an “abundance of material on hand,” but it was probably also related to his decision that “in accepting papers a wide range of qualifications is considered, for it seems that everything that pertains to ornithology should have a place on the pages of ‘The Auk.’” The Publication Fund would offset the rising cost of paper and publishing and double the amount of literature published, reduce the backlog, and assure continuance of the journal.

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美国鸟类学家联盟100年前

1920年，《The Auk》第37卷收录了41条主要文章。主持人是威廉·布鲁斯特（1851-1919）的纪念馆。随后是对布鲁斯特（Brewster）和莱曼·贝尔丁（Lyman Belding）（1829-1917）的致敬，并宣布采用布鲁斯特纪念馆。在今年的第一期杂志上，编辑威特·斯通（Witmer Stone）发出了出版延迟通知和积压的提交书，要求设立出版基金，并要求作者在稿件末尾注明其住址，并在稿件末尾阐明他的选择。The Auk的内容和组织。斯通将积压归因于“手头上的大量材料”，但也可能与他的决定有关，即“在接受论文时要考虑各种各样的资格，因为与鸟类学有关的一切似乎都应放在“出版物”将抵消纸张和出版成本的上涨，并使出版的文献数量翻倍，减少积压，并确保期刊的连续性。