Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] FEB. 17, 1909 [February 17, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Calm, cool, clear.
A brilliant winter day the trees
& bushes encrusted with clear ice
which shone & glittered in the sunlight
& made musical tinkling sounds
as the breeze swung the branches about.
  Spent entire day in Museum
working on Black Duck article.
Rewrote part of it and made
a fair copy of most of the
remainder. Noticed only one 
bird in Garden, a Flicker which
pecked away at intervals, for half an
hour or more, at the copper gutter 
directly over my window. When I
went out he flew off in haste.
  Showed a lot of lantern slides to C. [Caroline Brewster]
& E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] in Museum 8 - 9 P.M. 
Dr. Tuttle telephoned to say he has 
received a Bohemian Waxwing from
Grand [?]. 3 seen & 2 of them shot
there this winter he says.

Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. [Thursday] FEB. 18, 1909 [February 18, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
20 [degrees] - 32 [degrees] Calm, cool, clear.
Ground covered with 2 - 3 inches of
solid icy snow or snowy ice. Good sleighing.
  Spent day in Museum. Finished
copying Black Duck article & wrote
a note for Auk on flock of 10
Evening Grosbeaks seen at Townsend
on Feb. 7 last by Frazer. (See his letters)
Alice Allyn & Miss Jeannie Chapman
lunched with us at 1 P.M. 
Outram Bangs arrived just after
lunch and spent most of 
afternoon talking & looking at
bird skins. Gilbert made 36 slides.
C. [Caroline Brewster] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read " Cromer" & "Peter" this evening
Birds noted in the Garden :-
Chickadee, heard; Brown Creeper, [heard];
Blue Jay 2 [in a flock] heard; Crow, heard;
Redpolls 9 [in a flock] (1 rosy breasted) feeding in gray
birch; Flicker 1 pluming in pear tree.