Cambridge - Boston - New York.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday April 4, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear with bracingly cool 
N.W. [northwest] wind. Grass faintly green in lawn.
  In the Garden 2 Robins, a Chickadee, a 
Fox Sparrow ([male] [in full song]), a Song Sparrows [in full song], [male]
Junco, a Jay, a Crow, a Hairy Woodpecker.
  Starting just after breakfast C. [Caroline Brewster] & I
motored to Mt. Auburn taking some
crocus & snow-drop flowers plucked in
front of Museum to put on Henry Purdie's
grave. It was sunny & peaceful there
under the big oaks.
  I spent remainder of afternoon packing
trunk & writing letters. At 1.40 P.M.
met C. in Trinity Terrace lunch rooms.
After dining there together we went to
Back Bay Station where she saw me off
on 3 P.M. train for New York. Read
most of way. No snow or ice anywhere.
Country sere & soggy with scarce a tinge
of green even on sunny banks. Saw 
Bluebirds, Red-wings & Gulls. New York
at 8.43. Murray Hill Hotel for night.

New York - Washington
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday April 5, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon cloudy; afternoon sunny.
Cool with light N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Breakfast at 9. Took 11.08 train
for Washington. On it found Arthur
Chadbourne & his wife with
whom I talked most of way. We
dined together in dining car. 
Little change in general aspect of
country until we reached Baltimore
where the grass was every where
brilliant green. Spring backward
at Washington where the only flowers
in bloom in city parks were crocuses,
daffodils & a few forsythias. No
leaves fully unfolded. First
Buzzards near Wilmington. Meadow
Larks & flock of Red-wings all
along the way. A flock of 200+
Bluebills rising from river seen near
Wilmington. Henry met me at
Washington station. We spent
evening in his rooms talking.