Cambridge - Concord - Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer]  Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1916 [August 23, 1916]  Wea [Weather] Fine
92 [degrees] max. [maximum]
Clear & intensely hot with S.W.[southwest] wind,
light at first, freshening through afternoon
dying away at evening, to be succeeded, at 7 P.M.,
by northerly wind & a cooling thunder shower.
 
  In Garden: 5 Robins, 2 Jays, a Grackle,
female Goldfinch
  Concord Farm: Several Robins, an Oriole juv. [Oriole juvenile],
a Hummer [Hummingbird] [juvenile], a Catbird, a Cedar bird [Cedar waxwing],
a pair of ad. Goldfinches [adult Goldfinches] [male] [in full song], a
family party of House Wrens (in stone walls
along lane, [male] singing a little, feebly) a Chippy [chipping sparrow].
Swift heard rumbling in dining room flue
& shells of recent-hatched eggs in parlor
fireplace.

  Harry Spelman at breakfast with me at 7.
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] & I took 8.09 train Waverly to Concord.
McManus supplied us with horse-drawn
carriage. Reached Farm about 10 A.M.
Spent remainder of forenoon in or near house.
Crops flourishing, foliage most luxuriant,
garden flowers making brave show, fall bearing
strawberries loaded with ripening fruit. Walked to 
Birch Field after dinner & motored to Cambridge
3.15-4.30 P.M. Blazing hot in woods,
Dined at the Fairchilds with cousins Lily, Sally
& [?] at 7 P.M. Home by 8.20.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Aug. 24, 1916 [August 24, 1916]  Wea [Weather] Dull.
C. [Caroline Brewster] returns fr.[from] Williamstown
  Dark cloudy, foggy & cool with light
rain in early morning.

  In Garden. 5 Robins, an Oven bird [Ovenbird],
an adult [male] Oriole in nearly full song,
a Jay uttering the song medley of musical
notes (at 4 P.M.), a Flicker calling, a 
Swift flying low.
  Tree Crickets out in great force this
evening more numerous  C. says they
began chirping at Williamstown on
the 15th, the very same date when I 
first heard them here in full chorus.

  Spent most of day in Museum
writing letters. In P.M. motored to 
Porter's Station to meet C. who arrived
their [there] at 3.51 from Williamstown.
She has returned because of increasing
dimness of sight & will consult
Dr. Quackenboss about it to-morrow.
  I played all the August records to 
her this evening & she likes the selection.