Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] TUES. DEC. 16, 1913 [Tuesday, December 16, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Sky veiled in thin clouds through 
which the sun showed every now
& then but too dimly to be very
obvious. Calm & rather mild but chilly.
  A Nuthatch (White-breasted), a Jay
& several Chickadees in the Garden;
also the White-throated Sparrow with
Warbler-like chirp. For several minutes
the Jay kept making a succession of
more or liquid, musical sounds
alternating with harsher ones to form a 
varied medley suggestive of the song of
the Northern Shrike.
  Spent day in Museum. In forenoon
revised type-written story of Sharp shin
Hawk [Sharp-shinned Hawk]. In afternoon began Cooper's Hawk
story, composing 2 pp. [2 pages] A mean cold has
me in its fell grip - the first for months.
Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] WED. DEC. 17, 1913 [Wednesday, December 17, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear, calm, mild.
  Several Chickadees at suet in catalapa [catalpa]
tree. They have not come as yet to a 
smaller piece in a pine by my study
window. A Jay screaming, a Downy [Downy Woodpecker]
chicking & a White-bellied Nuthatch [White-breasted Nuthatch]
hank.ing, in the Jungle. Failed to
hear the White-throated Sparrow until
just after sunset when it chirped
for several minutes among the
rhododendrons behind Museum.
  Spent day in Museum working on
Cooper's Hawk story & finishing it.
Revised some of it in forenoon & wrote
3 fresh pps.[pages] in afternoon.
"We Diners" met here this evening. Everyone
came except [B--?]. C.[Caroline] had provided
a good dinner & very pretty table decorations
[margin] but the talk in the hall later seemed to drag and 
two men left early.[/margin]