Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Nov.13, 1916 [November 13, 1916] Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Light cloudy, calm, intensely chilly.

  In Garden: Chickadee & Kinglet, (Goldcrest) [Golden-crowned Kinglet]
heard; 4 Pine Linnets in willow by
Museum gate apparently gleaning food
among terminal twigs & keeping up a
subdued conversational twittering; a
Fox Sparrow feeding in flower beds with
3 Peabody birds two of which were
handsome adults & one of these the self-
same bird noted on the 9th as having
a rather large space bare of feathers on
right side of breast.
  From our dressing room window, at
8 A.M. I watched a Gray Squirrel
stripping off shreds of white inner bark of
linden branch (as thick as my thumb)
and carrying these to its nest in the
hollow trunk of the tree. Yesterday I
saw three large Squirrels together here.
  Spent most of to-day [today] in Museum
writing letters. Miss Balch dined with
us at 1 P.M. We had reading &
Victrola music at evening.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1916 [November 14, 1916] Wea [Weather] Stormy
First snow-storm
Dark cloudy with chill N.E. [northeast] wind.
Heavy rain through last night, light
snowfall this forenoon whitening the
ground & tree trunks. Clearing sky &
fast increasing cold at & after sunset.
Altogether a dreary & depressing day.
  If the Garden was visited by any
birds save two or three House Sparrows
they failed to attract my notice. 
  Spent entire day in Museum writing
letters & cheques for bills. Billcliffe
called in forenoon to see about
restoring the ancient fence on Brattle
Street and other disintegrating woodwork.
  Autumn seems to have gone and
winter begun. Such at least was my
impression when hurrying to the post box
soon after dark & it was confirmed by
reports in evening papers of heavy snowfall
& good sleighing in Northern New England.
  We had a prolongued [prolonged] Victrola concert &
some reading aloud in hall this evening.