Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] THURS. JAN. 16, 1913 [Thursday, January 16, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Densely cloudy, calm, mild but chilly

  The White-throated Sparrow sang
twice & fairly well as I was watching
him this morning. The only other
bird noted in the Garden was a Downy.

  Spent day in Museum, working
still on Snipe story. Wrote a
page of wholly original matter &
two others made up of passages
taken from my note books but
largely revamped. C. [Caroline] type wrote
from 9.30 to 1, copying eight
pages & almost catching me up.
She has gone with Miss Kitty
Thompson to Symphony concert this eve [evening].
E.R.S. [Elizabeth Simmons] has just finished reading to me
"The Queen of the Guarded Mounts", by
Oxenham, an uncommonly good novel.
Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] WED. JAN. 17, 1913 [Wednesday, January 17, 1913] Wea [Weather]
52º [52 degrees] (at 2 P.M.) Dull.
Cloudy, calm, unseasonably warm.
Everything soaked by light rain last night.
Grass green. No frost left in ground.
Dandelion blossom picked on Cambridge
Common last week.

  Saw a Blue Jay in the lindens; heard
a Flicker and a Downy [downy woodpecker] calling & a
White-throated Sparrow singing (feebly)
in the Garden.

  Working all day in Museum on Umbagog
task. Wrote 3 pp. [3 pages] on Wilson's Snipe
& 1 1/2 pp. [1 1/2 pages] on Red-breasted Snipe,
finishing with both species. All
this matter was readapted from my
notes written, originally, years ago.
  C.[Caroline] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read aloud to me in 
hall after dinner. They went to Castle 
Square Theatre this afternoon.