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"Sweet sweet sweet," and the rest is a regular canary song. They are sometimes called wild canaries.

EACH LITTLE GOLDFINCH CALLED AS LOUD AS HE COULD

The young goldfinches loved to sit on the edge of their nest as soon as they were old enough. As they sat there they chattered to each other, "Ze bebe, ze bebe," and fluttered their wings a great deal. When I found their nest I was surprised that I hadn't seen it before; it was low on a buckeye.

When the young goldfinches left their nest it seemed as if they wanted to get acquainted with people. They came down on the lowest branches,