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of hearing him sing, and then return home again 

 happy. As a songster, he certainly has no super- 

 iors, and very few equals. John Burroughs says 

 of his song: "It suggests a serene, religious beati- 

 tude, and expresses a deep and solemn joy which 

 only the finest souls may know." 

 And Cheney: 



"Holy, Holy! In the hush 

 Hearken to the hermit thrush; 

 All the air 

 Is in prayer." 



Nellie Hart Woodworth, in a similar spirit, 

 calls it the "Angelus" : 



"Who rings New England's Angelus? 



A little bird so plainly dressed 

 With robe of brown and spotted vest 

 He rings New England's Angelus." 



While this rare spirit bird never favors us with 

 his wonderful song, he may often be seen late in 

 April and early in May, and his distinguishing 

 mark is his tail, which is conspicuously more red- 

 dish brown than his back. 



Of the myriads of warblers passing through in 

 April and May to their nesting haunts, most of 

 them sing brief, warbling, insect-like notes, easily 

 heard by an alert bird-loving ear, but as easily 

 missed by others. 



Among the warblers which may be seen in this 



