Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Feb. 21, 1916 [February  21, 1916] Wea [Weather]
-2 [degrees] +10 [degrees] Fine
Intensely cold with cloudless skies
and strong N.W. [northwest] wind. One of
the most trying days of the whole
winter. Perfect sleighing again.
  In Garden: - Crows cawing at
sunrise; 4 White-throated Sparrows
all very dull-colored & nearly alike,
feeding, with a few House Sparrows,
at seed bed under lilacs in late
P.M.
   Spent day in Museum writing
letters and arranging books.
Nuttall Club meeting this
evening rather slimly attended.
Judge Jenney brought another
Judge named Aiken, a large,
fine looking man past fifty years of
age. We talked about Evening 
Grosbeaks mostly. They were reported
from several parts of Maine &
various locations in Mass. [Massachusetts]
Geo. Deane [George Deane] reports 50 Robins at
Fresh Pond grove to-day. 

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1916 [February 22, 1916] Wea [Weather]
4 [degrees], 28 [degrees] Fine
  Sunny, calm, cold in early
morning, moderating rapidly in
forenoon & snow melting into slush
wherever fully exposed to sun's rays.
  In Garden: Crows cawing lustily
near house in early morning; 2 Jays
with large peices [pieces] of bread in their
bills flitting through lilacs at 9 A.M.
Later in forenoon (about 11) a Jay
serenaded me for many minutes
most delightfully from somewhere
among rhododendrons close to my
window singing ceaselessly sotto voce
all the while as sweetly as any [whispering?]
love-sick Cat bird [Catbird] & not unlike one.
Robins appeared in Parkman's apple [tree]
about 10.30 & were there continuously,
but coming & going individually,
until 3 P.M. There were at least 7, 2 of which were [males] and 5 very dull-
colored [females].They were mostly silent &
feeding greedily. Heard Peabody birds
& saw 2 of them; also [male] Downy [Downy Woodpecker] at suet.
  Spent most of day in Museum &
writing letters. Victrola concert this evening.