And in fact, when George and Molly first tried to publish on the seagulls in the 1970s, the ornithological journal they sent it to rejected it.

事实上，当乔治和莫莉在 20 世纪 70 年代首次尝试发表有关海鸥的文章时，他们寄给的鸟类学杂志拒绝了。

The American ornithological society, which is responsible for standardizing English bird names across the Americas, has announced it will rename birds that are named directly after people so it's not to honor historical figures connected with slavery.

负责标准化全美洲鸟类英语名称的美国鸟类学协会宣布，将给直接用人的名字命名的鸟类重新命名，避免用它们去纪念与奴隶制有关的历史人物。