Cambridge - Boston.
Ther. [Thermometer] Fri. [Friday] Feb. 5, 1909 [February 5, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
24 [degrees] 52 [degrees]
Forenoon sunny; afternoon cloudy.
Warm with light S.W. [Southwest] wind.
  Spent day in Museum
working on Black Duck article & 
practically finishing it. No callers.
  Emmie Kettell came on from
New York to spend a week with
us arriving in Boston at 4 P.M.
Gilbert went in to meet but missed her.
  I went to meeting of Botanical
Club this evening. About 30 members
present. Dr. Brainard of Vermont
gave a most interesting & humorous
talk on plant hybrids.
  Heard Crows cawing at daybreak.
At 8 A.M. saw 2 [in a flock] Flickers sitting
side by side in catalapa [catalpa] tree. Heard
Jays & a Chickadee a little later.
  Batchelder caugh [caught] 2 [female] Loxia leucoptera
in a landing net in Hemlock in his place.
[margin]A dozen or more house sparrows in lilacs - very noisy, giving spring 
calls for first time this winter.[/margin]

Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] Sat. [Saturday] Feb. 6, 1909 [February 6, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
54 [degrees]
Cloudy with S.W. [southwest] wind. Warm.
Sleighing ruined & snow almost gone.
  Spent day in Museum
finishing Black Ducks article &
adding a page of fresh matter 
to Golden-eye article. No callers.
  Lots of bulbs in flower now
chiefly Roman hyacinths, paper
white & crocuses. I have begun
sending them around to the 
neighbors.
  Went to Brattle Hall this
evening with Emmie Kettell &
Mrs. Cobb to Dramatic Club.
We sat next Miss Allyn & the 
Batchelders. Excellent play.
C. [Caroline Brewster] has been half ill for several days.
  Heard a Chickadee, a Blue Jay, 
& a Crow in Garden.
[margin]A Brunnich's Murre in flesh reached me
this evening from Aldana Brooks. He found
it dead on January 8 near Metalluc Id. L. Umbagog [Metallak Island, Lake Umbagog].[/margin]