Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, April 26, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Stormy
North-east storm with incessant
heavy rain & violent as well as
intensely chilly, wind.
  Kept to house all day, spending
most of it by open fire in
breakfast room, writing letters.
Juncos to the total number of
a dozen kept coming & going to
& from the seed bed under the
window. Most of them were [females].
With them came a Fox Sparrow
& 2 Song Sparrows. I noted
little else save a Solitary Vireo
heard singing somewhere near
at hand when I looked out
our front door just after
breakfast & a Flicker that
shouted later & was heard
through closed windows.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, April 27, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Cat catches Gray Squirrel. Stormy
N.E. [northeast] storm continuing with incessant high
wind & fine rain driving before it.
  31 Juncos, 1 Fox Sp. [Fox Sparrow] & 2 Song Sps. [Song Sparrows] at
seed bed. Ruby-crown K. [Ruby-crowned Kinglet], Robin & Song Sp. [Song Sparrow]
only birds singing near house. Fine
Meadow Lark singing Lawrence's field.
  Men working most of day on poultry
yard fence. I was with them much of time.
Also transplanted a lot of things from
flower garden to front of house. Walked
through Berry Pasture in P.M.
  A malteese [Maltese] & white house cat (said
to be Mr. Howe's) was sitting erect & still
in middle of field front of house all the
time (12-12.30) Gilbert & I were at dinner.
Shortly before 1 P.M. she began moving slowly
about, nosing the ground. Suddenly she
made a long, swift, gliding run & then
flattened out of sight in furrow. A moment
later a large Gray Squirrel appeared ambling
slowly out into field from woods to south of
it. Why he had failed to notice the Cat just
before seemed inexplicable but apparently he
had not for he came steadily on almost
straight for her ambush. As he was passing
it she charged at him & pursued him
when he turned & fled for the woods.
Quickly overtaken he doubled over & was
missed by the Cat but she caught him
a few seconds later & quickly killed him &
[margin]later bore him of held high with his fine tail waving to & fro. Zeph saw a Cat
carrying a Gray [Squirrel] last fall.[/margin]