106 A. 0. Hume — New Species of Birds. [May, 



On the 9th Jumada II., 1097 A. H., in the 29th year of the reign of A u r a n g z i b 

 GhazijWhcu Nawab Ilham nil ah was the jagirdar, and Mirza Amir Beg was 

 the Faujdar, this Sarai was established. It was built by Khizr Khan, Muhammad Khan, 

 and Rasul Khan Tuyah.* [23rd February, 1686.] 



Thus it would appear that Mirza Amir Beg was Faujdar of the district 

 in 1686. His name is not mentioned in the meagre sources for Aurangzib's 

 reign. Ilhamullah Khan is once incidentally mentioned in the Madsir i 

 ^Aldmgiri (p. 249) as having served in the 28th year of the emperor's reign 

 in the Dak'hin. 



The Sarai alluded to is also called Sarai 'Abdurrasul. 



Mr. Ball, on behalf of Mr, A. O. Hume, C. S., C. B., exhibited some 

 new species of birds and read the following description of them : — 



JS'ew species of Birds exTiihited and characterized hy Me. A. 0. Hume, 



C. S., C. B. 



I beg to exhibit specimens of a few, as I believe, new species of birds. 



The first is a Jay ; a Garrulus, of the same type as the well known Q. 

 glandarius of Europe. I propose for it the name of — 



(1.) GAEErLiJS LETJCOTis, its snowy white ear coverts being amongst 

 its most characteristic features. The forehead, lores, orbital region, ear 

 coverts, chin and throat are pure white, there is an enormously broad, but 

 rather short black moustachial stripe. The anterior portion of the crown 

 white, the feathers centered with blackish brown. The posterior portion of 

 the crown, occiput and nape black. Not only the greater primary coverts 

 but also the outer webs of the secondary quills are strongly barred in the 

 usual Jay fashion. 



Length 12-5— W. 6-55. 



The next is a green Woodpecker, recalling in some points, striolatus 

 and vittatus, but differing conspicuously from all known Gecini, and for this 

 I propose the name of — 



(2.) Gecinus NiOEiaENis. The entire top, back and sides of the 

 head and nape black, in the female, in the male similar, but the crown crim- 

 son. Chin, throat, sides of neck and breast, bright turmeric yellow. Abdo- 

 men and rest of lower and upper parts much as in striolatus but rump 

 crimson. Length of male, 12*82. Wing, 6'4. 



Then we have a most lovely Ardoricola, the most beautiful of the group, 

 which I owe to that indefatigable ornithologist, L. Mandelli, Esq. and which 

 I propose to name after him — 



(3.) Aeboricola Mandellii. Very few words will suffice to charac- 

 terize this species. It belongs to the same type, as rufogularis, Hodg. and 



* The word Twyah is unclear to me ; but as it stands after the name, it must be a 

 family distinction, unless it be a wrong reading. 



