Olive and Rap have such a start of us.

Dodo and I don't know much of anything, and even what I thought I knew about birds isn't very true." "Don't be discouraged, my boy; you do not need a big book--a little one will do for the present.

What you need is patience, a pair of keen eyes, and a good memory.

With these and a little help from Olive, Rap, and your old uncle, you can learn to know a hundred kinds of every-day birds--those that can be found easily, and have either the sweetest songs, the gayest plumage, or the most interesting habits.

Some we shall find here in the lane and swamp meadow, or by the river.