100+ Redpolls on banks Charles R. [Charles River]
3 Hudsonian Tits in Waverley
Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1917 [January 2, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Fair
  Forenoon cloudy, afternoon sunny;
mild & windless. Snow melting somewhat.
  Garden birds:- A Chickadee paying
repeated visits to suet hanging by my
study window; a Peabody bird flitting
through rhododendrons beneath it;
a Crow perched on branch of maple
over lawn; 20+ House Sparrows.
  Spent day in Museum hoping to
finish transcript of autumnal notes but
was interrupted first by Walter Deane
who called at 9.30 A.M. & did not
depart until after 11, next by Mr. Martin
who came at 2.30 P.M. & spent half an hour
importuning me to invest in a mining
company; then by the Thompson-Wacott
lads who reported seeing a flock of
100+ Redpolls on river bank opp. [opposite] foot of
Sparks St. sev. [several] days ago & 3 Hudsonian 
Chickadees in Waverley yesterday; finally
by Chas. W. Townsend who came at 5 & stayed
till 6 looking at Hud. Tits [Hudsonian Tits] & chatting with me.
C. [Caroline Brewster] did not leave the Peace Room all Day. I
played Vic. [Victrola] for her in upper hall this evening.

Cambridge
Comparison of N.E. [Northeast] specimens of
Parus hudsonicus with Nova Scotia & Lab. [Labrador] ones.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1917 [January 3, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Dull
Dark cloudy with large snow flakes
falling sparingly by 2 P.M., rather thickly
towards evening, at first melting as fast as
they struck exposed surfaces of street or
sidewalk, finally accumulating over these
to a depth of perhaps two inches,
also draping every tree & shrub with
feathery foliage of exquisite purity but
chill suggestiveness.
  In the Garden I noted no birds
whatever save perhaps a few House Sparrows.
  Townsend came by appointment to
look at my Hudsonian Chickadees,
bringing eight or nine of his, including
one nigricans from Labrador & two littoralis
from Nova Scotia. Comparison of all this
material finally convinced us both that
every one of my Umbagog specimens & two
from Mt. Washington are littoralis yet of the
Mass-shot birds only two in my collection &
one in H.M. Spelman's seem referable to that
form all the rest being nigricans we think.
  I passed most of the remaining daylight hours
at my desk writing letters, the evening ones
listening to E's [Elizabeth R. Simmons] reading & playing Victrola to C. [Caroline Brewster]