Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Dec. 3, 1916 [December 3, 1916] Wea [Weather]
Fine

Cloudless, windless, just agreeably cool
with dry, crisp air & mellow sunshine.
City lawns still green. No frost left
in ground or ice in Charles River.
Hence there is little or nothing in the
general aspect of our environment here to
indicate that autumn is past & winter
begun - at least according to the calendar.

  In Garden: 2 Juncos & 25+ House Sparrows
came to eat millet seed on the tulip bed,
a Peabody bird called at sunset in the
rhododendrons near my study window &
several Crows flew over, cawing loudly, 
in mid-afternoon. These were all the
birds I noted.
 Writing letters through forenoon &
Concord bird notes in late afternoon. 
Miss Allyn our only guest at dinner.
After it I played for her several of our
most beautiful recent records which she
greatly admired. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read aloud to C. [Caroline Brewster] & 
me from 7.30 to 9.30 P.M. & we had a
little Victrola music afterwards.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Dec. 4, 1916 [December 4, 1916] Wea [Weather]
Dull

Cloudy with a little fine drizzling rain
at intervals. Mild & windless.

  In Garden. A Chickadee, Peabody bird,
2 Juncos, about 10 House Sparrows,
2 Jays, 2 Crows (on lawn), a Downy [Downy woodpecker] ([female]).

  Spent day in Museum working on
Concord notes. Nuttall Club meeting
this evening attended by only ten or
a dozen members. Annual election of
officers all those serving through past
year being re-elected. No regular
paper but many interesting field
notes testifying especially to the
exceptional number & variety of irregular
winter bird visitors. Acadian Chickadees
reported from various places. Judge Jenny
& Dr. May saw 10 or a dozen at Ipswich
& Mr. Hersey about as many near Cohasset.
Pine & Evening Grosbeaks, Redpolls & Pine
Linnets, Crossbills of both species are all
to be found in suitable localities near
Boston at the present time.