Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] Saturday, Feb. 5, 1916 [February 5, 1916]  Wea [Weather]
Fine.
Clear, calm, mild, snow melting
a good deal & sliding in thunderous
avalanches from Museum roof but
sleighing still excellent.
  In Garden: 2 immature White-throats [White-throated Sparrows]
with about a dozen House Sparrows
eating seed put out for them under
the lilacs, a [male] Flicker feasting on
Parkman apples, a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] heard.
  Spent day in museum rearranging
bird skins & writing letters.
  Dick Dana called in mid afternoon
He stayed rather more than half
an hour & told me an interesting
thing about two dogs in a house (his
daughter's) near New York where he has
been visiting lately. One dog, a pure
white one, will lie only on white
rugs, the other, a black one, only
on black rugs.
Reading aloud & Victrola music
in hall this evening.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Feb. 6, 1916 [February 6, 1916]  Wea [Weather]
Sunny, calm, warm; clouds
gathering somewhat in late P.M.
Snow settling fast.
  In Garden: 2 immature Peabody
birds feeding with about 30 House
Sparrows on seed that I threw
down for them under lilacs;
4 Jays roaming together through
Jungle (at 10 A.M.) while a [male]
Flicker was just finishing his
breakfast of tiny apples in
the Parkman tree. Its once
heavy bunches of fruit has [have]
been diminished at least one
half by the flickers, Gray Squirrels
and House Sparrows all of
whom have been eating the little
apples constantly for a month or so.
  Spent much of day in Museum
writing letters. We had Miss Allyn
at dinner. She has been ill in Hospital.
Victrola music 2.30 - 3.30 P.M. & again
this evening.