Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] Sept. [September] 25, 1911 Wea. [Weather] 
  84 [degrees] Fine
  Clear & oppressively warm with fresh
S.W. [Southwest] wind. A very heavy thunder 
storm began about 4.50 and
lasted an hour or more during which
lightning was almost incessant and
rain falling in torrents.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill working
much of time with Pat on new
road up hill. James & Zeph came
down & worked on boat house,
tree pruning etc. After all the men
had gone I started out for a
sail but was driven back in a
hurry by rapid appearance of showers.
  This had been perhaps the most
bird-less day throughout this month.
I saw almost nothing. Even
Black-polls were scarce. A
Kingfisher on my pole.

Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] Tues. [Tuesday] Sept. [September] 26, 1911 Wea.[Weather]
  Partly stormy.
  Raining steadily most of last night
and fitfully up to noon to-day. In
late P.M. The sky cleared & the air got
much cooler. Evening calm & beautiful.
  To Cambridge by 8.13 A.M. train.
Ruthven Deane met me at Museum
& we had a good talk. At 11.30 we
drove in coupè [sic] coupé] to Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] where
we saw Henshaw & Barbour. I
went in Town at 12.30 to attend
meeting at our office to discuss matter
of moving church at Wolfeboro. Arthur,
Judge Abbott, Mr. Pound, Mr. Emmerson
& Mr. Carpenter there. We came to
a definite agreement, put in writing.,
  After this lunched at Marston's, had
talk with Darling & [?Galloupe]  & took
4 P.M. Fitch. [Fitchburg] [?orange] ex. [Express] back to Concord.
Came down to W. [West] Bedford by trolley
car & reached Ball's Hill at 5.20.