Tuesday, December 28, 1869.
  Cloudy and rained
most of the day.
Ther. about 38[degrees] - 40[degrees] - 
40[degrees]. Rose as usual.
Wrote all the A.M.
in my bird record.
After lunch went
down to the Port
and saw H. Hen-
shaw for the last
time as he starts for
New Orleans Friday.
We had a long talk
together and on the
way home I called
at F. Atkinson's
with a book of his
that I had had
for a long time.
Wednesday, December 29, 1869.
  Cloudy and warm.
Ther. about 32[degrees] - 40[degrees] - 
36[degrees]. Rose as usual
After breakfast started
off with my gun and
Dart. Went up first
through the "feeding
grounds" and took
Regulus Satra, three;
Parus Atri one and
Cyanura Cristata [male].
Came home by the
pond and took Sitta
Car. and Certhia Am.
each one.
After lunch took the
1.20 car for Boston
and had three cavities
of my teeth filled. Wait-
ed in for the Nat. His. Soc.
lecture but found I had
mistaken the night. Plec.
Nivalis, saw six. Chris. Tris-
tis saw a flock.