Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society


The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 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.


Image:First illustrationJBNHSa.jpg|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
Image:First part colorJBNHSa.jpg|First partial colour illustration, vol. 1, no. 1, 1886, of the finless porpoise, subspecies Neomeris kurrachiensis
Image:First photographJBNHSa.jpg|First photograph, vol. 3, no. 2, 1888, of a black rock scorpion displaying simultaneous twin parturition
Image:First lithographJBNHSa.jpg|First lithograph, vol. 3, no. 2, 1888, showing remains of a partially eaten tiger kill