Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Feb. 7, 1916 [February 7, 1916] Wea [Weather]
40 [degrees] Fine
Sunny & mild until towards evening
when a high N.W. [northwest] wind arose and
the temperature fell sharply.

  In Garden Chickadee (heard) 4 im. [immature]
Peabody birds collected at seed bed
in company with a lot of House
Sparrows, [male] and [female] Flicker eating P. apples [Parkman apples]
together (about 9.30 A.M.), Downy [Downy Woodpecker]
seen afar off in Jungle.
  Spent part of day in house 
& part in Museum reading &
sleeping by turns but attempting 
no work. Dr. Jowett called to
see me in forenoon. He seems
inclined to attribute my present
unhinged & apathetic condition
largely to giving up smoking
but strongly advises against resumption
of habit at present.
  C.J.Maynard called in P.M. but
I did not see him, nor did I
attend Nuttall Club this evening. 

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Feb. 8, 1916 [February 8, 1916] Wea [Weather]
15 [degrees] Fine
  Brilliantly clear with fresh
northerly wind & hard frost again.
  In Garden: Peabody birds heard
chirping at evening as they went to
roost in rhododendron thicket. At
least two of them have repeatedly spent 
nights of late in honeysuckle vine by
Museum door to which the Thrasher
resorted similarly in winter 1913-1914.
One of them sang rather freely this
morning. Besides them I noted
only a [male] Flicker & about a dozen
House Sparrows.

  Walter Deane & E.H. Forbush [Edward Howe Forbush] came
almost simultaneously about 9 A.M.
The former stayed only a few minutes,
the latter until 10.30. Dr. Jowett
came at 11 and made a thorough
physical examination lasting an hour.
He finds no serious organic trouble.
Heart in good shape; blood pressure
normal; no arterial hardening.
  Judge Bell's son came in P.M. to
get a letter from me endorsing the
architect of our Brown dormitory.