WITH ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES
TO ALL BOYS AND GIRLS
WHO LOVE BIRDS
AND WISH TO PROTECT THEM
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHORS
SCENE:
THE ORCHARD FARM.
TIME:
FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN.
CHARACTERS:
DR. ROY HUNTER, a naturalist.
OLIVE, the Doctor's daughter.
NAT and DODO, the Doctor's nephew and niece.
RAP, a country boy.
MAMMY BUN, an old colored nurse.
OLAF, a fisherman.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
[CHAPTER I]
OVERTURE BY THE BIRDS