Cassinia
The original cover design, pictured here, was designed by Alfred Morton Githens in 1901
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMatthew R. Halley
Publication details
Former name(s)
Abstract of the Proceedings of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Publisher
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Cassinia
Indexing
ISSN0095-862X
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Cassinia is the journal of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC). The journal is composed of papers relating to the ornithology of eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Seventy three issues have been published to date. Five initial volumes (1890–1900) were published under the name Abstract of the Proceedings of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, and then in 1901 the journal was renamed in honor of ornithologist John Cassin.[1]

Editorial History

There have been 22 different editors of Cassinia since its inception:[2]

  1. Witmer Stone — Vols. 1–14, 1890–1910
  2. Robert T. Moore — Vols. 15–19, 1911–1915
  3. Spencer Trotter — Vols. 20–24, 1916–1921
  4. Wharton Huber — Vol. 25: 1922, 1924
  5. Philip A. Livingston — Vols. 26–27, 1925–1928; and Vol. 31, 1938–1941
  6. J. Fletcher Street — Vols. 28–29, 1929–1932
  7. C. Brooke Worth / Witmer Stone — Vol. 30, 1933–1937
  8. Ernest A. Choate — Vols. 32–37, 1942–1948
  9. C. Chandler Ross — Vols. 38–42, 1949–1954
  10. Lester S. Thomas — Vols. 43–45, 1958–1960
  11. James K. Meritt — Vols. 46–49, 1961–1966; and Vols. 51–55, 1968–1975
  12. Albert Conway — Vol. 50, 1966–1967
  13. Keith C. Richards — Vol. 56, 1976
  14. Richard C. Bell — Vols. 57–59, 1977–1981
  15. Edward D. Fingerhood — Vols. 60–62, 1982–1987
  16. Franklin C. Haas — Vols. 63–66, 1988–1995
  17. Sandra L. Sherman — Vols. 67–68, 1996–1999
  18. Colin Campbell — Vol. 69, 2000–2001
  19. F. Arthur McMorris — Vols. 70–71, 2002–2005
  20. Dave B. Long — Vols. 72/73–74/75, 2006–2015
  21. Matthew R. Halley — Vols. 76–77, 2016–2019
  22. Holger Pflicke — current

References

  1. ↑ Stone, Witmer (1901). "John Cassin". Cassinia. 5: 1–7.
  2. ↑ "Table of Cassinia Issues & Editors". Retrieved 31 October 2016.


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