GOLDFINCHES 



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Once only have I seen a bullfinch here, and 

 that did not come to the window. Neither do the 

 wrens come, though there are plenty about ; twice 

 only have I seen one for a minute dn my window- 

 sill. Goldfinches never come to the window, but 

 I used to see them frequently at one time, and 



HULLKIXCH 



once a pair took it into their gay little heads to 

 build in a sycamore close by. I saw those birds 

 once more, only once. I caught sight of them 

 one day flying about a yellow honey-suckle on the 

 wall near their old home, and they seemed about 

 to build in it : this they very wisely did not do. 



