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ing birds, whereas, ten years ago twelve or fifteen pairs would 

 have been found in the same territory. Several years ago it was 

 a common thing to find mockinbgirds that had been taken at an 

 age when about to fly and confined to a cage as pets. However, 

 this practice is not so common now, and possibly when it existed 

 it had but little effect on the number of mockingbirds as a good 

 many of these birds picked up from the ground undoubtedly would 

 have been caught by cats, or destroyed in some other way. In 

 1885 Beckham wrote concerning this bird in this locality: " Ten 

 years ago they were comparatively rare here, but now there are 

 few gardens or yards where one or more pairs do not nest." At 

 present the order of this statement is reversed, and now the status 

 of the mockingbird for this vicinity should read — Ten years ago 

 they were common, now they are comparatively scarce. 



Ben J. Blincoe. 

 Bardstown, Ky., October, 1920. 



A One-Day List of Birds at East Falls Church, Virginia. 



By Ira N. Gabrielson 



During the spring of 1917 the writer lived at East Falls 

 Church, Va., on a small suburban place of one and one-half acres. 

 This place was covered by a heavy growth of jack pines, with a 

 small intermixture of persimmon, oak, havnhorne, and other de- 

 ciduous timber. The lot across the road was grassland and from 

 it such birds as the meadowlark and grasshopper sparrow came 

 to our yard. During the spring migration it was an ideal place 

 to observe the movements of warblers and other small birds. The 

 height of the migration at this point, at least on the days when 

 I could be present, was on May 19. During the day, beginning at 

 daylight, I saw the following birds on this place: 



1. Black-crowned Night Heron — Nycticoras n. nacviiis. Fly- 

 ing over. 



2. Bob-white — Colinits v. virginianus. 



3. Mourning Dove — Zenaidura m. carolinensis. 



4. Turkey Vulture — CatJiartes a. septentrioxalis. 



5. Sharp-shinned Hawk — Accipitcr velox. 



6. Yellow-billed Cuckoo — Coccijzus a. americanus. 



7. Downy Woodpecker — Dryohatcs p. medktniis. 



8. Red-headed Woodpecker — Melnuerpcs crytJirocrphalus. 



9. Flicker — Colaptes a. auratus. 



10. Whip-poor-will — Antrostomtts ^\ vociferus. 



11. Nighthawk — Chordcllrs v. virginianus. 



12. Chimney Swift — Chactiira pelagica. Flying over. 



13. Crested Flycatcher — Myiarclius crinitus. 



14. Wood Pewee — Myiochancs vircns. 



