Jaffrey Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] TUES. [Tuesday] JULY 10, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & cool. with strong S.W. [Southwest] wind.
  Starting at 9 A.M. & returning at 11
C. [Caroline] & I drove around Thorndike Pond.
The roads were smooth & exquisitely
beautiful & the weather delightful.
We heard very many birds singing,
including 2 Wood Thrushes, 2 Hermits,
a Black & yellow warbler, 4 Blackburnians,
a Bobolink, a Grass Finch, etc.
  With Charlotte & Gilbert we left Jaffrey at 3 p.m.
C. [Caroline] got off at Fitchburg to go to Leominster. The
[?] of us continued on to Cambridge. I took
tea with Mrs. [?] Loring & Fanny [?] & called on
the Coolidges & Almay's in the evening.
Wea. [Weather] WEDNESDAY 11 [July 11, 1900] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & warmer but yet a beautiful &
comfortable day.
  Spent day in Museum & garden. Saw or
heard Merula 1 [in full song] 3 or 4 juv. [juvenile], Galeoscoptes
1 ad. [adult], Dendroica aestiva 1 ad. [adult] [in full song] 1 juv. [juvenile],
Setophaga [male] ad. [adult], Virio olivaceus [Vireo olivaceus] 2 [in full song] 1 juv. [juvenile]
V. flavifrons [Vireo flavifrons] 1 [in full song], V. gilvus [Vireo gilvus] 1 [in full song], Carpodacus
1 [in full song], Icterus galbula 2 or 3 juv. [juvenile], Coccyzus
americanus 1 cooing, Chaetura 2 [in a flock]
in all 11 species.
Visited Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] in A.M.
& took tea at the Almay's!
Cambridge Concord
Wea. [Weather] THUR. [Thursday] JULY 12, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & very warm with violent S.W [Southwest] wind
& thunder storm at evening.
  A robin, a Redstart, a Yellow Warbler,
2 red-eyes & a Chippy sang at sunrise
& a Yl. bill. [Yellow billed] Cuckoo cooed. Heard Chickadees
calling. Later the cat bird sang a few notes.
  With Gilbert & Mills took 8.34 train for
Concord. Spent most of day with the
men at or near cabin. Only birds heard
singing were a Robin, Maryland Yl. throat [Maryland Yellowthroat],
Song Sparrow & Swamp Sparrow. Saw 2 Bitterns
& at evening 2 night herons & flock of about
100 swallows.
Wea. [Weather] FRIDAY 13 [July 13, 1900] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & cool with fresh N.W [Northwest] wind
  Rose at 5.30 and took a walk along
the river path to brick gate, up the roadway
to Bensen's pasture & back around the
W. [West] edge of Ball's Hill swamp. The morning
was delightfully cool & fresh & the birds sang
unusually freely for the season.
  Took 9.45 a.m. train for Boston where
Dr. Blake removed an obstruction of wax
from my left ear improving my hearing thoroughly.
  Returned to Ball's Hill by 4.47 P.M. train.