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(published at Jamaica, L. I.) of 21st June, 1842: “ Died: in 
Huntington, on the 14th inst., John Hunt, aged 67 years.” 
A notice of his death is also given in the Brooklyn Evening 
Star of 18th June, 1842, but without mention of the date of 
death. A pencil note, in Mr. Colman’s copy of the British 
Ornithology, gives the place of Hunt’s death as “ Jersey 
City near New York,” but this is probably inaccurate. The 
Norfolk Chronicle for July 9th, 1842, contains the announce- 
ment: ‘“‘ Died on the 14th ult., age 65, at Long Island, 
United States, Mr. John Hunt, engraver, formerly of this 
City : He was the author of a work on British Ornithology.” 
As will have been seen, there is a discrepancy both in Hunt’s 
age and in his place of death as recorded in the American 
and English newspapers, but Mr. A. R. Grand has stated 
that his grandfather’s correct age at the time of his death 
was sixty-five. 
The foregoing notes, though very scrappy and by no means 
satisfactory, comprise all the details I have been able to collect 
regarding the life of John Hunt. For his portrait I am in- 
debted to Mr. W. H. Mullens ; this picture is from a drawing 
made by R. Jean in 1813, now in the possession of the widow 
of Edward George Grand, of which a photograph was sent to 
Mr. Mullens in 1911 by Mr. A. R. Grand. Hunt’s autograph 
has been reproduced from a letter, dated 9th June, 1840, 
which has been quoted above. 
Of John Hunt’s Ornithological writings by far the most 
important is his British Ornithology, of which the following is a 
transcript of the title-page : British—/ Ornithology ;/ containing 
Portraits of all the |British Birds,/ including those of Foreign 
Origin,| which have become domesticated ;/ Drawn, Engraved and 
Coloured| after Nature,/ by| J. Hunt,/ with descriptions compiled 
from the| works of the most/ E'steemed Naturalists,/ and arranged 
according to the/ Linnean Classification./ Vol. I (I. III] 
Inscribed by Permission! To Sir J. E. Smith, M.D., F.R.S.| 
and President of the Linnean Society.| Norwich; 1815 [Vol. 
II, also dated 1815 but Vol. III, 1822] Printed by Bacon and 
Co.| for the Proprietor & may be had of the Booksellers} Hunt 
sct., Rose Lane, Norwich (3 vols. 8vo.). 
Mr. W. H. Mullens describes this work as “ of the greatest 
rarity,” he ‘‘ having only seen five copies,” * and the late 
Professor Newton regarded it as ‘a very scarce book even in 
an imperfect condition.”’ As additional evidence of its rarity 
it is worthy of note that in the copy of the British Ornithology 
which formerly belonged to Professor Newton and which 
* W. H. Mullens and H. Kirke a Bibliography of British 
Ornithology: 1917: pp. 305-6. 
