Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Jan. 8, 1914 [January 8, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Dull
Cloudy, windless & mild but
chilly. Snow wasting away & bare
ground beginning to show here & there.
  8 Chickadees seen at once and
near together, successively visiting the
lump of suet hanging in catalopa [catalpa]
tree by Museum. Hairy Woodpecker
heard by Gilbert.
  At my customary task in Museum.
Finished Broad winged Hawk story
by noon & C. [Caroline Brewster] copied all but one
page of what I had written & revised.
It seems to read fairly well now.
  In afternoon I wrote a few lines 
all there is to say - about the Rough-
legged Hawk and then began on the
Golden Eagle story, composing the
first page of it. It bids fair to
be rather difficult to tell effectively. 
  We had no guests at any meal today.
C. & E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read to me as usual in
the hall this evening.

Cambridge - Boston.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Jan. 9, 1914 [January 9, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Cloudy with half an hour or so of
sunshine in late forenoon. Although
the snow melted fast there was 
a bitterly chilly north-east wind.
  Heard a Flicker & saw at least
3 Chickadees in the Garden.
  To Boston by subway at 10 A.M. 
200 or more Gulls on ice near W. Boston
bridge [West Boston Bridge] & upwards of a dozen Ducks of
some kind in a distant space of open water.
Miss Allyn met me in the car & we
had a pleasant chat. She on her way to
Magnolia, I to our office where I spent
a couple of hours. Galloupe & I went to
safety vault, took out Hospital Life Notes &
collected interest on them at 50 State St.
They were left in our safe to be returned
later by Butterick whom I saw. In my
own safety box I put certificate for 10 shs. [shares]
Bos. Nahant & Pines Steamboat Co. [Boston, Nahant & Pines Steamboat Company], just bought.
  Home by 1. Worked on Golden Eagle story in
P.M. Interrupted by Mr. Millan who
called to talk about taking #6 Riedesel Ave.