Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] Dec. 18, 1911 [December 18, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Sapsucker & Fox Sparrow. Fine
Clear & cool but not frosty with
light northerly wind.
  In the Garden about 9 A.M. I saw
2 Chickadees, 2 Golden-crests, 2 Jays,
2 [female] Downy Woodpeckers, a [male] Flicker and
a Sapsucker. The last a juv. [juvenile] [male] with strongly
reddish, but not clear red, crown & throat
was drinking sap from holes drilled in trunk
of Austrian pine in Jungle. He was at them
again half an hour later. At 2 P.M. I 
saw a Fox Sparrow on ground by Museum step.
  Spent most of day in Museum working
on Purdie birds. Found the Newtonville
specimen of Lark Finch recorded in Bull. N.O.C. [Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club]
Also a Wilson Tern which I shot in the
Ipswich sand dunes at its nest July 4, 1870.
  Nuttall Club this evening. Bangs talked
most entertainingly about Hawaiian birds
of which he showed many specimens. A
dozen or more members present.

Cambridge - Boston
Ther. [Thermometer] Tues. [Tuesday] Dec. 19, 1911 [December 19, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Clear & frosty with fresh N.W. [Northwest] wind.
A glorious bracing November-like day.
In the Garden just after breakfast
I saw the Sapsucker in his pine,
the Fox Sparrow in the birch grove,
2 Jays, a Flicker, a [female] Downy and
a Chickadee in the Jungle.
  At 10 A.M. I started for Harvard
Square where I bought a Harvard blanket
for E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] and made a final slight
change in proof of Memorial at Wheeler's.
Reached our Boston office at 11 & spent
an hour with Arthur talking over Estate
matters. Next he took me to lunch at
Exchange Club. Returning we spent an
hour talking with Haley. He reports all
well at our school. Started Christmas
shopping at 3. Went to Butterfields',
Elsen's, Goodspeed's & Zinn's. Bought books
& an azalea for Miss Allyn. Home by 6
Found a note from Miss Henders
enclosing $50. in further payment of her debt
to me.