Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] THURS. OCT. 9. 1913 [Thursday, October 9, 1913] Wea [Weather]
H.W. Henshaw comes    Dull
Cloudy, foggy, sultry, absolutely
windless - a perfect duplication 
of the weather of yesterday & the
fourth successive dull [?] day.
  Very many White-throats [White-throated Sparrows] & a
good many Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warblers], some
of the latter trailing after passing
[troupes?] of high-flying Bluebirds
as is their curious want. 
Sapsucker, Towhee & Catbird front
of house. Ruby-crown Kinglet [Ruby-crowned Kinglet]
& Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] in full song at 8 A.M.
& 5 P.M. respectively. Usnea W. [Usnea Warbler]
singing feebly & repeatedly at 8 A.M.
Spent forenoon with Tom
planting bulbs. Hosum & one
man making gates. Henry Henshaw
arrived from W. [Washington] at 12.30.
We walked about Farm in P.M.
Mr. Howe called about town water.
Concord - Cambridge - Boston.
Ther [Thermometer] FRI. OCT. 10, 1913 [Friday, October 10, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Cloudy, foggy, sultry, dead calm.
Save for a dash of rain in early morn
& short burst of sunshine in mid
afternoon to day has been exactly like
yesterday & the day before.
  Spent day in Cambridge & Boston.
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] motored me to Concord at 8 A.M.
& Jim Melvin thence to City Hall
where I paid ann. [annual] tax bill. Thence to
Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] where forenoon was
spent compiling data for Mus. Rep. [Museum Report]
Outram Bangs reading it from his 
desk book. Maynard came in.
Talked with Henshaw & Barbour, also.
Latter went to town with me.
I spent 2 hours at office settling
questions, dictating letters etc. Sold
11 shs [shares] Am. Tel & Tel. [American Telephone and Telegraph.] Back to Concord
by 4 P.M. train. Gilbert & Henry 
met me at station.