Pair of Labrador Ducks &
Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Mar. 9, 1917 [March 9, 1917] Wea [Weather]
5 Cala. [California] Condors given to M.C.Z. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] Fair
Partly sunny, mostly cloudy; calm &
mild but growing cold towards night.
Streets still snow-covered & in very
rough condition.
  Garden birds. The wintering White throat [White-throated Sparrow]
back again after an apparent absence
of five days. He sang freely & rather
loudly in vines by my study window
for half an hour or more. Crows
cawing in early morn. A swarm
of noisy House Sparrows.
Harry Spelman reports hearing a Flicker
shouting near his house on Brewster St.
this morning. No bird of that species
has visited our place to my knowledge
since January 24.
  An unproductive day interrupted in
forenoon by telephone talks about Trust Es. [Trustee Estate]
matters. Pushed on R. Blackbird [Rusty Blackbird] story a little
in P.M. Sent as gifts to Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology]
my pair of Labrador Ducks & 5 Cala. Condors [California Condors].
Evening reading up stairs in C's [Caroline Brewster] room.
She has been a trifle under the weather today.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Mar. 10, 1917 [March 10, 1917] Wea [Weather]
40 [degrees] Fine
Bright sunshine, absence of wind
and a spring-like quality in the mild
yet not warm air combined to make
a very pleasing day. Streets still
snow-covered & rough with much
business traffic on runners. No
bare ground visible in our neighborhood.
  Garden birds. The White throat [White-throated Sparrow] &
about 15 House Sparrows.
  Another unprofitable day, passed
largely in reading for somehow I
did not feel up to anything else
although working an hour or two
at my writing. It was just
beginning to advance when interrupted
by Dick Dana [Richard Henry Dana Jr.] whom I was
nevertheless rejoiced to see. He has 
just bought two Copley paintings from
a descendant of the Vassal family for
whom, originally, they were painted, & has 
given them to Camb. Hist. Soc. [Cambridge Historical Society]
  Evening reading in front hall.