New York.
Ther [Thermometer] FRI. DEC. 26, 1913 [Friday, December 26, 1913] Wea
Meet Lord William Percy       Stormy
Dark cloudy with chill N.E [northeast] wind
and driving rain changing to snow
in afternoon & then ceasing altogether.
  We all breakfasted together (8.30 - 9).
After then Henry & I sat in smoking room
for an hour & then started for Am. Mus. [American Museum].
Reaching this about 10.30 and called
first on J.A. Allen who seemed to be
failing just a little I thought. Tom Barlow
with him working on S.A. [Squirrels?]
Chapman came in presently & A.W. [Anthony's?]
son, a pleasing youth. I then called on 
Elliott who was out & [?] Dwight  whom
I saw for a few minutes only.
  Allen took us to lunch in basement with
Chapman & [Barbour?]. Saw Jack [Nishus?] [then?]
After that Chapman showed us the
bird groups. Returning to top story we were
introduced to Lord Wm. Percy [Lord William Percy]; [grandson?]
Duke of Argyle, 32 years old, deeply [interested?]
in Ducks & knowing a lot about them.
 I liked him very much.  Henry took 3.30
train back to W. [Washington?] I saw him off. Back
to hotel by 4. Chapman called [?] this
evening (8.30 - 11) & was most interesting.
New York - Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] SAT. DEC. 27, 1913 [Saturday, December 27, 1913]  Wea [Weather]
24 [symbol] [24 degrees]       Fine
Clear & cold with fresh N.W. [northwest] wind.
C.[Caroline], E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] and I returned to Cambridge
today via Shore Line, leaving New York
at 10.03 & arriving at Back Bay Station
at 5.40. We were delayed an hour at
Bridgeport by a breakdown in our engine
- which had to be replaced by another.
After that more time was lost on the way
& the whole journey consumed 7 1/2 hours.
  We read, slept & talked with each other & 
with Miss Ireland whom we found in our
parlor car. I looked much out of window
at landscape somewhat more wintry than
last Wednesday for many shallow pools were
frozen over & north of Providence there was
snow dusting grasslands in places. Saw a 
few Starlings and one large Buteo perched
erect & statuesque on a low stump in a [?]
Gate house at 6.10. Chas. R. Lamb [Charles R. Lamb] called
this evening & stayed an hour. He & a
friend killed 90+ [large?] [?] birds at [?] in
[margin] two days last August. Upwards of 60
were [?] [Yellow?] [?]  [/margin]
