Horned Larks over Garden Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Easter Sunday, April 8, 1917 Wea [Weather]
42 [degrees] max Hermit Thrush on lawn. Perfect.
  Brilliantly clear with warm sun but
chill, although light, northerly wind.
Crocuses & snow drops at very best. Squills
approaching it. Lawn mostly green. Ice
on roofs at sunrise.
  Garden birds. Hermit Thrush & 2 Robins well
out on lawn, 8 A.M., all three birds making
short, quick runs hither & thither in almost
precisely the same manner. When at rest,
however, the Hermit stood more erect than Robins.
Song Sparrows in flower beds; White-throat [White-throated Sparrow] singing
faintly in lilacs; 15+ Grackles tossing dry
leaves to & fro all day long in Jungle; Flicker
shouting at 2 P.M.; Crows on wing; 2 House Sp. [House Sparrow]
A flock of Horned Larks migrating northward
at 1.30 P.M. attracted my notice by their familiar
piping calls. As they passed over house & garden
just above tops of lindens I counted them
twice, making 14 birds each time. They were
as closely bunched as Red-wings [Red-winged Blackbird]. I have never
noted any here before.
  Spent much of day in Museum reading war
news & working on Tangible Tax returns.
Called on Walter at 12.30 but he was out. Found
the Spelmans in & stayed half an hour there
Will Jeffries & his Mrs. called at 4.30 P.M.
E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read "Pride & Prejudice" to C. [Caroline Brewster] & me in
hall by blazing fire this evening.

Cambridge Tangible Tax return at City Hall
(Revised [Tangible Tax return] made April 21)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, April 9, 1917 Wea [Weather]
20 [degrees] 30 [degrees] 26 [degrees] Heavy Snow-fall. Stormy.
  Snow began falling sometime last night &
by 8 o'clock this morning had covered the ground
to a depth of three or four inches. Coming
thick & fast it continued to gain until
by noon it measured fully 10 inches deep.
(Newspapers report 11" [inches] about Boston, 9" at Phila [Philadelphia])
Being heavy & wet it clung to every branch
& twig giving the entire landscape as
wintry an aspect as any seen here before this 
year. The storm was accompanied by strong
N.E. [northeast] wind. The sky cleared & the sun
shone bright by 3 P.M. after which the
snow melted fast & settled to about 8 inches
deep by nightfall.
  Garden birds. In a space kept shoveled free
of snow & supplied with seed a Fox Sparrow,
White-throat [White-throated Sparrow], 50+ House Sparrows & 15+
Grackles fed eagerly through entire day.  A
Flicker "shouting" not far off.
  Return to Concord necessarily postponed.
Spent A.M. in Museum: To City Hall at
2.30 P.M. Pleasant interview with same
courteous Assessor seen a few weeks ago. Went
over Tangible Tax return with him & asked
his advice at certain items. Finally
signed & took oath to it in his presence. He
thinks my Museum library may be exempted
but I put it in tentatively at $1500.
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read to C. [Caroline Brewster] & me in hall this eve. [evening]