Cambridge-Boston.
Ther [Thermometer]   SAT. FEB. 15, 1913 [Saturday, February 15, 1913]  Wea [Weather]
Barred Owl in Granary- B.G.    Fine
Clear, calm, mild; snow &
ice wasting rapidly & streets very
muddy again.

  Crows cawing in early morn [morning].
Heard White-thr. Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] chirping
at sunset. Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] heard it sing
twice about 2 P.M. near Museum.

  To Boston at 10 A.M. Spent
several hours in office talking over
Estate matters with Galloupe & Darling
Also talked with Sted. Buttrick [Stedman Buttrick].
Worked from 11.30 to 1 in State St.
Safety Vault noting members of
stock & bond certificates. Lunched at 
Bunch O'Grapes. Walked to Park St
& saw Barred Owl perched high in there
in Granary Burying Ground with crowds
of people gazing at him from street.
Home about 4 P.M.
Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer]   SUN. FEB. 16, 1913 [Sunday, February 16, 1913]  Wea [Weather]
Fair
 Sunny, hazy, calm, warm. Much 
bare ground & snow drops [snowdrops] showing again.
  White-thr. Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] chirping at 9 A.M.
Parus hudsonicus in lilacs rear of house
at 1 P.M. very noisy & tame. I stood 
within 8 feet of him & saw him utter
T'slee - t'slee - t'slee - t'slee,  t'slee - t'slee -
t'slee - t'slee. These 8 notes, all alike
& in same key, given many times with
slight pause between 4th & 5th note, in
loud, insistent, monotonous voice seeming
to fill garden with sound. Reminded
me strongly of song [of] Carolina Wren, but
less loud & ringing than that. Bird
sometimes interpolated a lisp or ti-ti
call between utterances of full series
of 8 notes but never in those series.
General effect of combined notes pleasing 
but hardly musical.
To church with C.[Caroline] at 10.40.
Dr. Hodge preached excellent sermon.
Will Simmons here when we get back.
Mrs. David Loring & her son & Miss
Allyn & Miss Howard dined with him & us.