Length about seven inches. 
Arrival. April 7 to May lo. 
Favorite Haunts. In moist woods, especially where evergreen trees 
are abundant. 
Field Marks. The hermit may be distinguished from the other 
thrushes by the tail which is brighter colored than the back. This bird 
has the habit of lifting the tail slightly at intervals, especially after 
alighting. 
Song. Flute-like, ascending "O spheral, spheral, O holy, holy, U 
clear away, clear away, O clear up, clear up."— Burroughs. 
The hermit is the first of the thrushes to come to us in the spring 
and the last to leave in the fall. This bird is the prince of songsters. 
The songs of other birds appeal to the ear. that of the hermit thrush to 
the soul, pure, beautiful, uplifting. Fortunately at my boyhood home in 
Newfane the hermit thrushes are plentiful. Many times in the twilight 
of a summer's evening have I been thrilled and enraptured by their 
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