Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Aug. 6, 1914 [August 6, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & warm with light southerly
breeze becoming decidedly cooler at
evening when the wind shifted into
the east & clouds began to gather.
  A [female] Black & White Warbler in the
lilacs, an Oriole fluting in the distance,
a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] scolding, a Goldfinch singing,
3 Jays screaming & whining, a pair of
Robins with the little bob-tailed, squeaking
young, and a Flicker first calling & then
giving a full & prolonged shouting &
finally a few House Sparrows. All
these were seen or heard within our 
grounds to-day.
  I began on a new bird story - that 
of the Black-billed Cuckoo - this
morning & had it nearly finished
by night, composing two pages.
Harry Spelman breakfasted & Lizzy
Fuller supped, with us. At 8 P.M.
I called on Charlie Deane in the old
house. He has just come on from
Chicago. 

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Aug. 7, 1914 [August 7, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & warm with light southerly wind.
  The Garden almost devoid of bird life.
Saw a [female] Yellow Warbler flitting about the
pond in front of Museum. Heard both
old & young Jays screaming & whining;
also the twittering of one or more
Chimney Swifts. Both Robins still in
the Jungle calling anxiously whenever 
the dog or I entered it. I neither saw
nor heard their young to-day.
  Cicadas are in full blast now.
They seem less numerous than usual
but I usually hear one or two in
the Garden daily. Not many Butterflies
visit it now. Found about 20 dead or
dying [female] Gypsy Moths that had laid their
eggs on or about base of our big willow.
It is time for Tree Crickets to begin. I
have been listening for them vainly for the 
past three nights.
  Finished Cuckoo story this forenoon &
C. [Caroline Brewster] copied it. Wrote 2 pp. of freshly composed
matter about the Kingfisher in the
afternoon. C. & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read aloud in
Peace Room this evening.