Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

*Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society*
\|Subject \|Discipline}}	Natural history
Language	English
Publication details
History	1886–present
Publisher	Bombay Natural History Society (India)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.
Indexing
ISSN	0006-6982;
LCCN	48032581
OCLC no.	1536710
Links
	Journal homepage;

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: R. A. Sterndale, E. H. Aitken, & H. M. Phipson
1896–1905: H. M. Phipson & W. S. Millard
1906–1915: W. S. Millard, R. A. Spence & N. B. Kinnear
1916–1925: W. S. Millard, R. A. Spence, N. B. Kinnear, & S. H. Prater
1926–1935: R. A. Spence, S. H. Prater, P. M. D. Sanderson, & Sálim Ali.
1936–1945: M. J. Dickins, P. M. D. Sanderson, S. H. Prater, C. McCann, H. M. McGusty & J. F. Caius.
1946–1955: S. H. Prater, C. McCann, 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 scorpion (Buthus afer) displaying simultaneous twin 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

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