Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] SUN. DEC. 14, 1913 [Sunday, December 14, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Brown Thrasher in Garden       Perfect
A duplicate of yesterday with equally bright
warm sunshine and calm air.
  Going out to Museum just after breakfast
I saw a Brown Thrasher, no doubt the bird
here on Nov. 24 [November 24], hopping & flitting about under
a syringa bush close to kitchen door. It was
perhaps feeding on canary seed which Percy
throws out there for the birds. Later saw 5
Chickadees come to suet & heard the White-
throat Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] that chirps like a Yellow Warbler.
  To St John's as usual. Fine sermon by Dr. Hodges.
C. [Caroline] & I walked home together. She then called on
Mrs. Wyman, I on Walter Deane.
  Besides Miss Allyn we had at dinner (1.30)
Dick Dana with Edith, his wife, & Lily, his
sister. They all departed about 3. After
that I worked on Sharp-shin Hawk [Sharp-shinned Hawk] story
in Museum until 6.30 revising second
p. [page] of M.S. [manuscript]. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read Trollope to me this evening.
C. [Caroline] tired out & in her room.
Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] MON. DEC. 15, 1913 [Monday, December 15, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear with light N.W. [northwest] wind.
Frosty again, the ground hard frozen,
  Several Chickadees a [at] the suet. A 
few House Sparrows. Nothing else in Garden.
  Spent day in museum. Worked
on Sharp-shinned Hawk story
revising pp. [pages] already written and
adding two fresh ones which seem
to have finished the rather brief account.
C. [Caroline] motored into town with Gilbert
in P.M. after working all A.M.
in Museum typing from my M.S. [manuscript].
  Nuttall Club meeting this evening, well
attended. Several older members such as
Jeffries, Murdoch, Lamb, Shelby Denton
came by Walter's invitation. I read extracts
from my Concord notes which seemed to
excite general interest & the usual applause.
