Cambridge
Ther. [Thermometer] Wed. [Wednesday] Feb. 3, 1909 [February 3, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
5 [degrees] 20 [degrees]
 Clear, cold, calm. About six
inches of snow & perfect sleighing.
  Spent day in Museum
working on Black Duck article,
No callers, no birds.
  Mrs. Howland died last night
about 9 o'clock. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] did
not return to-day, at least to stay.
C. [Caroline Brewster] was reading to me after
dinner when Edwin C. Brown
a Harvard Freshman called on
me. I had a long talk with
him about birds, in which
he is deeply interested. He is
from Minneapolis and a friend
of Dr. Roberts. I liked him
exceedingly.

Cambridge
Ther. [Thermometer] Thurs. [Thursday] Feb. 4, 1909 [February 4, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
5 [degrees] 30 [degrees]
 Forenoon sunny; afternoon cloudy.
Calm. Early morning cold.
  Wrote letters for an hour
after breakfast. To the Thayers'
at 11 A.M. to attend funeral
Mrs. Howland. Mr. Crouthers
read services etc. Family in small
inner room. Only about a dozen in
front room where I sat, among them
Miss Ireland, Miss Allyn, Miss
Eastwood, Mrs. E.W. Emerson.
  Got back at noon. Worked
all afternoon on Black Duck
article.
  Birds in Garden 9-11 A.M.
4 [in a flock] Blue Jays, 1 Flicker, 1 Chickadee,
[male] Downy W. [Downy Woodpecker]