Cambridge.
Shad caught daily in ocean off Rockport.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1916 [November 21, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fine
22 [degrees], 26 [degrees] Woodpecker party in Garden
Clear & cold with light N.W.[northwest] wind.
Despite the brilliant sunshine there
was a rise of only 4 [degrees] in temperature
between 7 a.m. & noon according to 
the thermometer on our back piazza.
  A Woodpecker gathering in Garden
consisting of a handsome pair of Hairies [Hairy Woodpecker]
& a [female] Downy [Downy Woodpecker]. At one time all three birds
were together in the Gravenstein apple tree
& later they appeared singly in the big
Catalapa [Catalpa] by the Museum, the trunk of
which shows many recent peck-holes
probably made by these birds in quest of
Leopard Moth larvae, which have
especially favored this tree of late.
There were also in the Garden
2 Chickadees, an adult Peabody bird, a
Junco & 4 House Sparrows, a Blue Jay
& 2 Crows (seen on wing).
  Spent day in Museum writing letters
& bird notes. Miss Emmy Howard at lunch.
  Johnson, our Boston fish dealer, reports
Shad caught daily now off Rockport & received
by him every morning. We had one from him
for dinner tonight. It was fresh & delicious. 
The Transcript says they are catching them in the
Hudson River, also, for the first time, at this season, in many years. Their
occurrence in the ocean near Rockport seems even more surprising.

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1916 [November 22, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fine
20 [degrees] min. [minimum] Shufeldt's Junco revisits garden.
Brilliantly clear with keen, fresh N.W. [northwest] wind.
Wintry cold in early morn [morning], milder as day wore on.
  The odd-looking Junco seen in Garden on Nov. 20 [November 20, 1916]
reappeared there early this P.M. accompanied
by 3 J. hyemalis [Junco hyemalis], a [male] & 2 [females]. Standing motionless in
middle of E. [east] garden path I watched all four birds
come hopping along it, feeding busily, until they were
within 5 or 6 feet of me. Being all the while exposed 
to clear sunlight & on perfectly open ground I
viewed them to best possible advantage and 
moreover was able to compare the peculiarly
colored one directly with examples of both sexes
of hyemalis in corresponding seasonal plumage.
Thus compared the former bird looked somewhat 
larger than any of the others & was much more
richly & conspicuously colored. I [It] had a dull black
head & neck, coal black chest, vinaceous cinnamon
flanks, back & scapulars strongly tinged with
chocolate brown. After viewing it for several
minutes I went at once into the Museum & looked
over [?] skins. One of those that matched it
best (& very closely) was labeled Shufeldti not
long since by Robert Ridgway. Hence the stranger
bird may be safely regarded as belonging to
that race. Equally surely it was a [male]. Later still
the 4 Juncos with 2 White-throats [White-throated Sparrow] came close under
my window to feed on millet seed that I scattered there.
Besides these I noted 2 Goldcrests [Golden-crowned Kinglet], 3 Chickadees, 2
Jays & a Flicker, all about 2 P.M.
  Spent day in Museum working on Concord
notes. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read to us in hall this evening.