Cambridge, Mass. & Washington D.C.
Wea. [Weather] TUES. [Tuesday] April 9, 1901 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with easterly winds and
fine rain.
  Took 8.13 A.M. train for Boston.
where I bought a new overcoat at
Maeullar's ($30) and a Bulls Eye Camera
for C. [Caroline] at Lloyds. [?] out to
Cambridge at noon. Spent P.M.
packing & writing letters.
  Saw 2 Tree Swallows at W. [West] Bedford
this evening. A Tree Sparrow a Fox
Sparrow & 6 or 8 Juncos Singing there.
Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 10 [April 10, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with fine rain in A.M.
Sky cleared just before sunset.
Left Boston with C. [Caroline] by Colonial Express
at 9 A.M. & reached Washington at
9.40 P.M. No marked changes in 
vegetation until south of Jersey City
when we began to see intensely green
fields & elms & maples thick with
blossoms. Saw only a very few 
birds & nothing of interest. There
were hundreds of Herring Gulls at New York.
Went to the "Cairo" at W.
Washington, D.C.
Magnolias, forsythia, Japan. [?], plums & cherry trees in bloom
Horse Chestnuts in half leaf. Grass 6 in. [inches] high.
Wea. [Weather] THUR. [Thursday] April 11, 1901 Ther [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear & pleasantly warm.
Breakfast at 8. C. [Caroline] & I then drove to
market where we bought plants for our [?].
Thence to Smithsonian where C. [Caroline] left me.
I found Allen & Merriam in the gallery
where we had our Com. [Committee] meeting. (10 - 12.30 A.M.
2 - 4 P.M.). Richmond active as [?].
Allen & I lunched at Nat. Mus [National Museum] cafe.
Saw [?] for a few minutes. Lots of
Purple Grackles in Smithsonian grounds..
Back to Cairo at 4 P.M. [?] with C. [Caroline]
by electric to the Zoo at Rock Creek. Poor
collection of mammals.Two fine Moose however.
Cardinal in full song on top of tulip tree. Flock
of [?] & [?] [?]. One Field Sparrow. [?]
singing. Flock of a dozen [?] Crows. [?] [?].
Heard [?] Chickadee.
Wea. [Weather] Friday 12 [April 12, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Sunny sky overcast in P.M. No wind. Warm.
To Congressional Lib. with C. [Caroline] at 9 A.M.
Thence to Com [Committee] Nom. meeting, Smithsonian gal. [gallery]
10 A.M. - 4 P.M. present Allen, Merrriam & 
Richmond. Made slow progress.
C. [Caroline] called for me at 4 P.M. with a [?]
& we drove out to Arlington. Spent over an
hour there rambling about. Birds swarming.
Robins 20 [in a flock], 3 [in full song], Tufted Tits 8 or 10, Carolina Wren 1 [in full song],
Junco 30 [in a flock], Song Sp. [Song Sparrows] 3 [in full song], Purple Grackles 30 [in a flock], Rusty Grackle 1(heard).
Crows 2, Fish Crow 8 or 10, Flicker 1 [in full song], Car. Dove [Carolina Dove] 2 [in a flock],
Downy W. [Downy Woodpecker] 1, Red-headed W. [Red-headed Woodpecker] 2 ad. [adult], all these in
grounds near old [?] mansion. Gray Squirrels
of small size abundant & tame. Only few birds
sang at sunset chiefly Robins & Song Sparrows.
Hylas peeping at bridge. Drove back to Congressional Library &
arrived there at 7 P.M.