SCENE: 

 Orchard Farm and Twenti- Miles around. 



TIME: 

 Fall until Spring. 



CHARACTERS : 



Dr. Eoy Hunter, a naturalist. 



Olive, the Doctor's daughter. 



Nat and Dodo, the Doctor's nephew and niece. 



Mr. and Mrs. Blake, the parents of Nat and Dodo. 



Rap, a lame country hoy. 



Mammy Bun, an old colored nurse and cook. 



KoD, the farmer. 



Olap, a sailor and fisherman. 



Nez Long, a charcoal burner and woodsman. 



Toinette, Nez' 'wife. 



Quick, a fox terrier. 



Mr. Wolf, a St, Bernard dog. 



Explanation. — Dr. Hunter, after travelling for many 

 years, returned to his old home at Orchard Farm, with his 

 daughter Olive, aged seventeen, and Mammy Bun. He 

 invited Nat a^d Dodo, who had always lived in the city, to 

 spend the summer with him, so that they might learn about 

 outdoor things, and told them the story of the birds. 



Mr. and Mrs. Blake came for the children in the autumn, 

 and tliey expected to return to the city to school ; but Dr. 

 Hunter, who was always making delightful surprises, arranged 

 for the whole family to spend the winter at the Farm. "What 

 they did, and how they became acquainted with the Four- 

 pooted Americans, is told in this story. 



