Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Mar. 27, 1917 [March 27, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Unsettled.
Forenoon sunny, calm & mild. Afternoon
& evening rainy - a warm rain
with light southerly wind.
  Garden birds: 1 Robin; a silent
Song Sparrow in rhododendrons by
Museum; the wintering White-throat [White-throated Sparrow]
in nearly full song; 2 Jays screaming;
several Grackles making loud clamor;
a Crow in elm over driveway;
half a dozen or more House Sparrows.
  Motored to Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] in
forenoon taking down almost the
entire J.C. Merrill collection & some
other birds. Saw Sam Henshaw [Samuel Henshaw],
T. Barbour [Thomas Barbour], Harry Bigelow, Robt.
Jackson [Robert T. Jackson]. Two rosy-salmon colored
House Sparrows taken in Lexington by
Faxon & Tyler - very remarkable birds.
Home at noon via Harvard Sq. & Coop. [Harvard Cooperative].
Called on Walter Deane after luncheon.
Ruthven Deane spent evening with 
me. We had a glorious talk 8-11 P.M.

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Mar. 28, 1917 [March 28, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cooler but not frosty.
High north west wind.
Many crocuses in bloom.
  Garden birds. 8 Crow Blackbirds, all [males],
on lawn beneath its bordering trees
seeking food by turning over & tossing
aside sodden masses of fallen leaves.
It was interesting to see them thus
flung into the air in quick succession
at perhaps half a dozen spots. The
birds shone resplendent where they
stalked out into full sunlight which
indeed set them fairly ablaze with
iridescent greenish, coppery & brassy
tints wondrous to behold.
  3 Jays rising from Jungle & flying off
westward at 8 A.M. as is their
frequent habit here. One Robin.
  Worked all day in Museum, 
writing letters & cheques mostly.
C. [Caroline Brewster] went in town to Cathedral this
evening -  I spent it at the Almys
with Mr. & Mrs. & Mary.