Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Feb. 19, 1917 [February 19, 1917] Wea [Weather]
20 [degrees] Fair
  Sunny & colder. Clouds gathering at
sunset & fine, dry snow falling thick &
fast by 10 P.M.
  Garden birds. White-throat [White-throated Sparrow] singing fully
at frequent intervals; a Jay screaming, several
Redpolls; about 12 House Sparrows & a [male] 
Downy Woodpecker.
  The Redpolls were feeding in a larch at
edge of Jungle, for half an hour or more,
in company with House Sparrows. I plainly
saw one handsome, rosy-breasted [male]. The
others, three or four in number, were all
plain-colored birds. It was difficult to
make out just how many there were
because the House Sparrows intermingled 
with them & kept chasing them about.
I viewed them, moreover, only at a distance &
through my study.
  Worked on Umbagog M.S.. all forenoon.
Judge Abbott called at 1.30 staying until 5.
We had a pleasant but unimportant chat.
Nuttall Club this eve. [evening] Noble on his recent
Peruvian trip, with lantern slides. Very
interesting but not much about birds.

Cambridge - Boston
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Feb. 20, 1917 [February 20, 1917] Wea[Weather]
Tax returns completed. Fair
  Partly sunny, mostly cloudy. Calm & mild.
An inch or two of snow that fell last
night melted almost everywhere to-day,
covering city streets and sidewalks with
muddy slush.
  Garden birds. The White-throat [White-throated Sparrow] singing as
before; a swarm of House Sparrows making
deafening din among the old lilacs; a
Jay "belling"; a Gull flying high.
  Worked on Red-wing [Red-winged Blackbird] story until noon
& then went to Boston. At office 12.30-3.30
Signed & swore to both Federal & State
Income Tax returns for our Estate; as
my personal Federal Tax Statement. This
year I must pay about $60. whereas nothing
was paid last year. The difference is due to
increased income from real estate which
has had little expense for repairs.
  Dictated letter to Schubert informing him
he could not have Acad. [Academy] buildings for summer
school. Left office at 3.30. Bought a lot of
shirts etc. at little store on Devonshire str
Home by 5 P.M. very tired.