Cambridge - Boston.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Dec. 20, 1915 [December 20, 1915] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cool with fresh westerly wind.
  In Garden: Chickadees 2 [in a flock] near suet,
[male] Canada Nuthatch on it, [male] Hairy Woodpecker,
approaching it with 2 ft. [feet] as he climbed
trunk of catalapa [catalpa] tree in which it hangs,
White-throated Sparrow heard in shrubbery
rear of house, Downy Woodpecker heard
across Brattle Street in Hubbard Park.
  Wrote letters & cheques for a couple of
hours after breakfast and then went
to Boston where I lunched at Marston's
and remained in our office from 1 to
3.30 P.M. Had a talk with Arthur
about Wolfeboro matters and dictated
a short letter to Cousin Elizabeth in 
reply to one from her relating to an
applicant for help from our poor fund.
Also visited safety vaults & took out
Copper Range certif. to exchange for one
in reorganized company. Home by 4.
  Nuttall club meeting this evening.
Townsend read paper on new race of
Parus hudsonicus & another on Eiders.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1915 [December 21, 1915] Wea [Weather]
  Fair
  Early forenoon cloudy. Remainder of day
brilliantly clear. Very little wind. Air keen &
frosty yet not wintry cold.
  In Garden: A Chickadee & [male] Canada Nuthatch
at suet in Catalapa [Catalpa], a Hairy [Hairy Woodpecker] & a Downy
Woodpecker in Jungle, a Fox Sparrow & a
dull-colored White-throat [White-throated Sparrow] at edge of birch 
grove feeding on ground with 15+ House
Sparrows, a Jay flitting about, screaming.
  With C. [Caroline Brewster], E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] & E.W.F.  [Eliza W. Fuller] I went to the
polls (Lowell St.) at 9.30 A.M. and
voted for most of the Reform Party's
candidates. Returning, C. & I fed the six
white fantails on Museum steps finally
taking them all into the hall way. After
that I wrote letters up to luncheon time.
  At 2.30 Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] motored me to
Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] where I had a frank
talk with Sam Henshaw about resigning
my curatorship. He said it would cause him
serious embarrassment & explained why. I
finally yielded & agreed to serve at least another
full year. Called at Harvard Coop on way
back. Victrola music 8-9 P.M. Then a moonlight
stroll through Garden with C. & the dogs.