Cambridge - Boston - Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] July 6, 1916 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cool with light easterly wind.
Fleecy clouds overspreading sky at eve.

 C. [Caroline Brewster] & E.R.S.[Elizabeth R. Simmons] with Percy & Charlotte, took
9.20 A.M. train for Williamstown. I
selected numbers of records to be
ordered for Dan's collection & then
went into Boston. Reaching our office
about 11 A.M. I sent for John Abbott
& questioned him closely about Trust
appeal to Supreme Court. He claims to
have papers ready & promised to put the
case through within next three months.
Lunched at Marston's & called at
Steinert's to order records. Took 2.40
train to Concord where Gilbert met
me. We motored to Sleepy Hollow where
hemlocks & laurels planted last spring are
looking [?]. Thence to Farm where
I strolled about until nearly dark.
  Many birds close about house. Robins,
Cat birds [Catbirds], Song & Vesper Sparrows singing
freely. Young Tanagers gone from nest at
Cedar Park. [male] singing & [female] calling anxiously
hard by.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, July 7, 1916  Wea [Weather] Fine
90 [90 degrees] max. [maximum]
  Clear & hot with light S.W. [southwest] wind.
Warmest day of season thus far.
  Birds singing freely in early morning
& by no means sparingly through day.
Among others heard at farm house were
a Chickadee & a Phoebe. A Solitary Verio [Vireo]
in full song near Pulpit Rock at 2 P.M.
Two Veeries & a Maryland Yellow-throat
in Berry Pasture & two Robins close to
our house united their voices in a
delightful concert as twilight was
falling this evening. Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo], Tanager &
2 Indigo Birds [Indigo buntings] singing at intervals all
day. Both species of Cuckoos heard.
Three cock Pheasants crowing at sunrise.
  Spent much of day weeding flower beds.
Dexter came down to dinner. After
it we went to Birch Field. Gypsy
larvae swarming there. They have completely
stripped many birches & are now at work
on white & pitch pines. Looked for
Calosoma Beetles but saw only two.

Tree Toads singing incessantly close to house all the evening (8-10 P.M.)