THE WAY TO STUDY BIRDS 



8. HERMIT THRUSH 



Haunts: Woods and thickets. 



Description: Olive-brown above, with a 

 bright reddish-brown tail. Below, buffy-white, 

 spotted with blackish. 



Field-marks: Length 7.2 inches. Bill slender. 



Song: The Hermit Thrush is probably the 

 most highly musical in clearness and tone of all 

 American birds. The song is somewhat similar 

 in quality and modulation to that of the Wood 

 Thrush, but is nevertheless unique. 



Seasonal Abundance: Common transient. 

 Rare in winter. October to May. 



Remarks: Shy and retiring in its habits, de- 

 priving us in its winter home of the rapture of its 

 marvelous voice. Usually lives near the ground. 



