Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Mar. 28, 1916 [March 28, 1916]  Wea [Weather]
52 [degrees] Fine
Sunny, calm, warm. Bare ground
showing here & there in garden & 
lawn, the bare spaces broadening
surprisingly as day wore on.
2 Squills, many crocuses, countless
snow drops, in bloom but no bees
about them yet.
  In Garden: Chickadee calling; 3 gray 
Purple Finches feeding on snow under
Parkman apple, one warbling softly & 
delightfully at frequent intervals all day,
Crow-Blackbird heard almost 
incessently through P.M. I could see but
one bird, a [male] on ground in Jungle;
2 White-throated Sparrows going to roost
at sunset in vine over Museum door.
[Male] and [female] Downy Woodpeckers [in a flock]; 2 Jays; 1 or 2 Crows.
  Spent day in Museum working
on rearrangement eggs - mostly Ducks
C. [Caroline] having serious trouble with eyes
again due to dazzling light.
We had reading in hall this evening.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer]  Wednesday, Mar. 29, 1916 [March 29, 1916] Wea [Weather ]
42 [degrees] Dull.
Cloudy with light, chill, easterly
wind and fine rain at nightfall.
  In Garden: A Chickadee; 2 imm. [immature] Peabody
birds, one singing freely but faintly; 4
Cedar-birds [cedar waxwings], all [conspicuously] "wax tipped"
with 3 gray Purple Finches, eating
hips of Rosa multiflora in vine
directly under gallery window of Museum
where I watched them a long time, 
in company with Outram Bangs in P.M.
2 Jays;  Crows heard; [male] Downy [Downy Woodpecker].
Walking up Brattle Street just after
breakfast I heard a Song Sparrow
singing in the Blatchford grounds & 
saw 2 Robins & 3 Grackles in the
Nichols place. A Flicker shouting there.
  Spent most of day in Museum
working on egg collection. O. Bangs [Outram Bangs]
called in P.M. bringing back some
borrowed birds & staying over an hour.
We Dine at our house this evening.
Everyone came except [?]  [?]
[?] very pretty by Alice Stone.