Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Dec. 30, 1915 [December 30, 1915] Wea [Weather]
Perfect.
  Brilliantly clear and almost windless
with crisp, dry air, frosty yet without
any penetrating chill.
  In Garden: a [male] Red bellied Nuthatch (not
noticed here before since the 21st) winding
around and up a trunk of one of the big
lindens in front of house at breakfast time.
Shortly after this Percy shoveled away the
snow over a space of about two yards square
under lilacs & scattered a lot of seed there.
It soon attracted a host of Sparrows
mostly P. domesticus [Passer domesticus] at least 25 in number
but also including a Fox Sparrow & 3
White-throats [White-throated Sparrow] all immature & the largest
number seen here at any one time this month.
There were also 2 crows & a Jay flitting
through jungle & a Downy visiting suet.
  Spent forenoon in Museum continuing
inspection of collection for bug work & finding
several live Anthrinae in an egg cabinet.
  Lunched at Longfellow chambers with
Miss Allyn as hostess. Her other guests were
Mrs. Garder, E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons], Mr. Sharp & an agreeable
English friend of his Mr. . Returned at 3.15.
Noble called a little later to borrow a lot of birds
for Mus. Comp. Zoology [Museum of Comparative Zoology] He stayed until 6 P.M..
[margin]Victrola concert & reading aloud in hall after dinner. C. [Caroline Brewster] rolling bandages the while[/margin].
Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Dec. [December] 31, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear, calm, cold. Typical
mid-winter day.
  In Garden: General dearth of birds.
The only ones I noted were two
immature White-throats [White-throated Sparrow] and about a 
dozen House Sparrows, feeding together
on seed bed at edge of lilac thicket.
  My fan-tail Pigeons evidently
detest cold weather and during its
continuation rarely venture out of their
snug quarters over my study save at
feeding time when they fly down to the
grain scattered on front steps of Museum.
  Spent entire day in Museum devoting
most of it to continued search for
bug work in specimen cans. Four of
rather primitive type containing series
of Grackles, Flickers etc. proved to be
rather badly infested but the damage to
the skins is not very serious, fortunately.
  Writing this at 11 P.M. C. [Caroline Brewster], Miss Bishop,
Miss Chapman, Lizzy Fuller & Miss Swasey
have gone to Boston in a limousine to see
Old Year out & New Year in. C. back at 12.30.
[margin]Midnight. Prodigious ringing of bells & blowing of steam whistles Boston way, coming
distinctly to my ears as I stood on our front steps, listening to their clamor.[/margin].