Cambridge
Ther [thermometer] Sunday, Dec. 12, 1915 [December 12, 1915] Wea [weather]
18 [degrees] Letter to Saml. Henshaw [Samuel Henshaw] (in re resignation) Fine
Clear and cold with fresh northerly
wind. Ther. [thermometer] has not risen at any time above
24 [degrees] during past two days.
  In Garden: a Chickadee and a [male] Red-bellied
Nuthatch taking turns at seat by Museum
window in early forenoon. As before the
Nuthatch carried off most of the suet he took.
The was also a Blue Jay & some half dozen
House Sparrows. I noted nothing else.
  Spent most of day in Museum writing
letters. In one to Samuel Henshaw
(copied in letter book) i expressed my
intention of resigning my position in
Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] at an early date at the
same time stating my reasons therefor.
  Mrs. Proctor of Wellesley (wife if the oculist)
called at 12.45 to consult me about the
desirability of killing House Sparrows & Squirrels.
She did not depart until 1.30 when Miss Allyn
arrived to be our only guest at dinner.
After it we had a good Victrola concert in 
the hall. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read aloud there this evening.

Cambridge
Ther [thermometer] Monday, Dec. 13, 1915 [December 13, 1915] Wea [weather]
Heavy easterly gale. Foul
Cloudy, calm & mild through day.
Soon after dark an easterly rain storm
broke suddenly until by 8 P.M. the wind
was blowing a living gale and the rain
falling in sheets. When, about that hour,
I went out to post some letters it
seemed almost too hazardous to pass under
our big lindens. The heavier gust threatened
to dismember one and all of them and
shrieked and wailed through their leafless
tops as through the cordage of a vessel.
Fallen branches strewed streets & sidewalk
some near the mailbox being as thick
as my arm.
  In Garden: 2 Chickadees coming to suet
near my window; a Golden-crest [Golden-crested Wren] with
them at times; a dull colored White-throat
with feeble chirp in shrubbery at rear of
house with several English Sparrows; a
flock of 11 Gulls drifting high eastward.
  Spent day in Museum, working on Umbagog
Introduction. Burbank drove down in forenoon
bringing lumber & Christmas pines. We had
Victrola music & reading in hall, this evening.