Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Mar. 3, 1917 [March 3, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Dull
Still another thin-cloudy, windless
day slightly warmer, however, than
the three days preceding it.
  Garden birds. A White-throat [White-throated Sparrow]
singing feebly, at least 30 noisy
House Sparrows.
  Most of day devoted to writing 
letters. Got to work on Umbagog M.S. 
after luncheon and wrote a 
short page dealing with Baltimore
Oriole. Mr. Foote & his small son
Henry called at 5 P.M. by appointment
to see my collection. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I 
showed them a lot of birds &
eggs. They departed about 6 o'clock.
Our evening reading has scarce
begun when Giles Taintor came
to discuss land restrictions on 
Brattle Street, We talked about half an hour
A letter received to day from
Samuel Henshaw expresses his official
approval of transfer to Mus. C. Z. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] of
certain of my rarer birds.

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Mar. 4, 1917 [March 4, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Snow storm Dull
Cloudy, calm, chilly. Some snow
fell last night. It began falling
again this evening & has since
come thick & fast so that the
ground is now (11 P.M.) covered
to a depth of several inches.
  Garden birds. The usual mob
of House Sparrows. No other
species noted.
  Writing letters most of day.
Also began on the Crow Blackbird
for Umbagog book & wrote half
a page or so.
  Miss Allyn our only guest
at dinner. I played the
new records for her after it.
Ingersoll & Sylvia Bowditch
called at 8 P.M. to get information
about Lake Umbagog for a 
camping trip next summer.
They stayed above an hour.