Glendale.
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Aug. 3, 1916 [August 3, 1916] Wea [Weather] 
Fair
  Forenoon sunny, afternoon cloudy.
Rather warm. Moderate southerly wind.
  Few birds singing in early morning
and none whatever through most of day.
At least 3 different Hermit Thrushes sang
almost continuously on the mountain
ridge from 6 to 7 P.M. I heard no other
birds at evening except two Black & White
Creepers, each of which gave the full song
once, [delete]and[/delete] an Oven-bird [Ovenbird] that uttered
the flight song once, & a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] that
sang freely & briefly. Quite evidently
the season of bird music has now
practically come to an end.
  Spent most of day in room writing
but played Victrola for an hour in
the studio where Dan was making
a bust of Miss Longman. He ceased
work at 5 P.M. after which he spent
almost two hours rambling about in the
hemlock pasture & sitting on its eastern slope.
Spent a silent evening in the parlor.

Glendale.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Aug. 4, 1916 [August 4, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fine
80 [degrees] max [maximum]
  Sunny but hazy. Very warm &
somewhat humid. Light S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Two Red-eyed Vireos singing freely & a
Solitary [Solitary Vireo] rapturously, in early morning; a Tanager
in full song at 10 A.M. No bird music
whatever through mid-day hours. A Chippy [Chipping sparrow]
trilling listlessly and an Indigo bird [Indigo bunting] chanting
fervantly [fervently] were the only birds heard towards
sunset - or after it. A flock of 30+ Swifts
circling high at 4 P.M. Eight dropped into
Studio chimney after sunset. We have heard
young chattering there for several days past.
  Two Deer, both does, appeared in the
field west of house at 7.30 A.M. & were
seen by every member of the family save me.
One of them circled close about a cat crouched 
on a rock, prancing & "blowing" loudly.
  Spent most of day in room, writing.
Mrs. French's weekly reception less numerously 
attended than usual. Miss Tuckerman came; also
Mc.Intosh bringing a namesake of mine.
  Mr. Crowninshield dined with us at 7.30 when
I presented to him the French rapier that
Mr. Sherman gave me years ago. He promised me
that it shall go immediately from him to the Essex Institute at Salem.