Washington
Ther [Thermometer]  THURS. JUNE 5, 1913 [Thursday, June 5, 1913] Wea [ Weather] 
Fine
Brilliantly clear & refreshingly cool
with fresh N.W. [northwest] wind.
  To Dr Casteel at 10 A.M. He refilled
two teeth. Next to Penn.Cen. [Penn Central] office to
get tickets for return trip. Thence to
Cosmos where Henry, Nelson & Bailey
joined me at lunch at 12. After it 
Bailey took us all to Biol. Surv. when
I called on McAtee, Beal, Cook, [Oberholzer?]
& had long talk with Palmus about mig.bird [migratory bird] 
laws. Nelson has named a [?] [?]
in Cape Region for me. Henry went with me
at 3. to Nat. Mus. [National Museum] when Mellor showed us
Roosevelt's African [?] on exhibition.
After there I saw [ Marsons?] & his [?] [?] [?]
Col. Wills. Back to Ontario at 5. Mr. &
Mrs [?] Bailey called for Harry & me there
at 5.30. We motored out beyond [?] [?]
& spent nearly 2 hours on top of [?] where
B cooked a delicious supper (including
broiled chicken, [?] Lots of birds
Fully a dozen [?] whistling
hearing. Big [C??b?rry] Many Catbirds
Threshers  [Home ?] [ ?] the book to [?] by 
[?].   [?] party later [?] [?]
[margin] Merriam, Nelson, Mearns, Mann, [?] Bailey, Henry, [?]. We sat
together until 10. [/margin]
Washington - Rutherford.
Ther [Thermometer]  FRI. JUNE 6,1913 [Friday, June 6, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Sunny but hazy. Comfortably cool
with light easterly wind.
  To Dr. Casteel at 10. He filled another
tooth & did various other things. At
11. I joined Henry at  [?] where we
talked until 11.45 & then went to
depot where I took 12.30 train
for New York. Looked out of window
a great deal but saw only a few
Buzzards, Meadow Larks [Meadowlarks] & Redwings [Red-winged Blackbirds].
Great patch of large, yellow low-growing wild
flowers near Havre de Grace [Havre de Grace, Maryland].  New [?]
bridge building over Bush &  [Gunpowder?] River
Transferred at Jersey City to Erie R.R. [Erie Railroad]
& took 6.14 train to Rotherford to spend
night there. [Lotty?] & [?]] gave me a 
cordial welcome. Poor John had his left
foot cut off yesterday by slipping under
train at station. He is in [Passaic?] [Hosp.?] [Hospital]
Many [ mudloons/nightloons ? ]  calling [?] sympathy
We sat up talking until 10.30.
























