Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

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Cover of the first volume, first issue, of the Journal, January 1886.
Cover of the first volume, first issue, of the Journal, January 1886.

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.

Contents

[edit] 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.

[edit] The topics

[edit] The 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 color 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)

[edit] Notes

[edit] 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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