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 Harvnb|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.

The topics

The illustrations

R. A. Sterndale
Finless Porpoise, subspecies "Neomeris kurrachiensis"
scorpion ("Buthus afer") displaying simultaneous twin parturition
Nilgai)

Notes

References

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

External links

* Scanned Journal volumes - [http://www.archive.org/details/journalofbombayn01bomb 1] , [http://www.archive.org/details/journalofbombayn02bomb 2] , [http://www.archive.org/details/journalofbombayn04bomb 4] , [http://www.archive.org/details/journalofbombayn05bomb 5] , [http://www.archive.org/details/journalofbombayn06bomb 6] , [http://www.archive.org/details/journalofbombayn15bomb 15] , [http://www.archive.org/details/journalofbombayn18bomb 18] , [http://www.archive.org/details/journalofbombayn26bomb 26]