Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (also JBNHS) is a natural history journal published several times a year by the Bombay Natural History Society. First published in January 1886, and published with only a few interruptions since, the JBNHS is one of the best-known journals in the fields of natural history, conservation, and biodiversity research.

Major editors: 1886–1985

Format: decade. major editor(s). (For more details, see Pittie 2003.)

• 1886–1895:
  H. M. Phipson
• 1896–1905:
  W. S. Millard
• 1906–1915:
  N. B. Kinnear
• 1916–1925:
  S. H. Prater
• 1926–1935: R. A. Spence,
  Sálim Ali
  .
• 1936–1945: M. J. Dickins, P. M. D. Sanderson,
  S. H. Prater, C. McCann, H. M. McGusty & J. F. Caius
  .
• 1946–1955:
  Sálim Ali
  , S. B. Setna, & H. Santapau.
• 1956–1965:
  Sálim Ali, H. Santapau, H. Abdulali, & Z. Futehally
  .
• 1966–1975: H. Santapau, D. E. Reuben, Z. Futehally, J. C. Daniel, & P. V. Bole.
• 1976–1985. J. C. Daniel, P. V. Bole & A. N. D. Nanavati.

Illustrations

• 
  The first illustration, vol. 1, no. 1, 1886, of the horns of the sheep, Ovis hodgsoni, O. vignei, and of an hybrid found in the Zanskar region of the upper Indus river valley, drawn by

  R. A. Sterndale
• 
  First partial colour illustration, vol. 1, no. 1, 1886, of the finless porpoise, subspecies Neomeris kurrachiensis
• 
  First photograph, vol. 3, no. 2, 1888, of a black rock

  parturition
• 
  First lithograph, vol. 3, no. 2, 1888, showing remains of a partially eaten tiger kill (nilgai)

Notes

References

• Ali, Salim (1978), "Bombay Natural History Society: The Founders, the Builders and the Guardians", Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 75 (3): 559–569
• Anon. (1888), "Simultaneous twin parturition of Buthus afer, the black rock scorpion (with illustration)", Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 3 (2): 137–138
• Inverarity, J. D. (1888), "Unscientific notes on the tiger", Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 3 (3): 143–154
• Pittie, Aasheesh (2003), "On the dates of publication of the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volumes 1-100 (1886-2003), and other matters", Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 100 (2–3): 589–613
• Sterndale, R. A.
  (1886), "On a hybrid Ovid Hodgsoni, cum Vignei discovered and shot by Mons. H. Daubergne", Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 1 (1): 35–37

External links

• Official website
• Scanned Journal volumes 1–106 at the Biodiversity Heritage Library