Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] Sun. [Sunday] Feb. 27, 1910 [February 27, 1910] Wea. [Weather]
54 [degrees] max. [maximum]  Dull.
Cloudy & warm with fresh S.W. [Southwest]
wind. Snow and ice melting with
marvellous rapidity, flooding streets
& sidewalks & exposing bare ground
in large patches in lawns & gardens.
  To St. John's with C. [Caroline Brewster] at 12.30.
Fine sermon by Dr. Hodges.
Miss Knapp sat & walked up with
us. She heard several Flickers
shouting in Longfellow grounds this morning.
Purdie, Miss Allyn & Miss Eastwood
dined with us at 1.30. Purdie [Henry A. Purdie]
stayed until 4.45. We all went
out to Museum after dinner & I
showed some of the birds. Wrote
three or four letters at odd times.
Am badly in arrears with my
correspondence. A single Flicker the
only bird seen about our place to-day.

Cambridge.
First snow drops bloom.
Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] Feb. 28, 1910 [February 28, 1910] Wea. [Weather]
58 [degrees] max. [maximum]  Stormy.
Light, warm rain, lasting all day
& taking off most of remaining snow
& ice. One snow drop in bloom in
front of house, another front of Museum.
  Spent day in Museum writing
letters. Sent one to Wm. Bassett [William Bassett],
another to Judge Abbott, a third to
Dr. Murkland. Wrote a long one
to Arthur Estabrook but did not
mail it. All related to the 
Trustee mix-up.
  Mackintire called at 8.30. I
went with him to 61 Sparks St. 
& met John Nesbitt there. He tells 
me he is nearly 75 years old.
  Heard a Sparrow Hawk at
least a dozen times at intervals
& saw him once flying over lindens.
He was about our place all day.
One or more Flickers "shouting"
in morning & through afternoon.