ST. JOHN] 
BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY 
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Sabine (Sir Edward), 1788-1883 
General Sir Edward Sabine, President of the Royal Society, 
1861-71, was eminent both in his scientific and military 
careers. He was born in Dublin, October 14, 1788, and 
entered the Royal Artillery in 1803. He saw service in 
Am'erica in addition to accompanying Ross and Parry in their 
Arctic Expeditions. It was while serving in Ireland, 1830-36, 
that he contributed the short account of birds to the under- 
mentioned work. His scientific publications are very con- 
siderable and important, especially those relating to terrestrial 
magnetism ; but they are not relevant to our subject. He 
died at Richmond, June 26, 1883, and was buried in the 
family vault at Tewin, Herts. For further particulars vide 
Diet. Nat. Biog. 
1834. Notice of the Birds met with on the Coast of Bally bunian in the 
month of July 1833. [In Wm. Ainsworth’s Account of the Caves 
of Ballyhunian , County of Kerry, Appendix.] Dublin : 1834. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. iv. un. +pp. 96, front, and figs. 
Birds at p. 78. 
Saxnter (Joseph Denby), 1806-85 
This author, a Fellow of the Geological Society, had some 
connection, as he informs us, with the Geological Survey of 
Great Britain. The birds in the under noted work on the 
natural history of the Macclesfield district are dealt with 
in a rather meagre section of some half-dozen pages in extent, 
and include lists of the birds that breed and of the birds that 
“ don’t nest in the neighbourhood,” with notes on rarities. 
1878. The Jottings of some Geological . . . Botanical, Ornithological and 
Zoological Rambles round Macclesfield. Macclesfield : 1878. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii+pp. 5 un. +pp. 157, with 29 pi. 
and 1 map. 
Birds at pp. 70-6. 
St. John (Charles William Georoe), 1809-56 
This famous sportsman and naturalist was the fourth son 
of General the Hon. Frederick St. John (1765-1844), second 
son of Frederick, second Viscount Bolingbroke. His mother 
