Cambridge 
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Aug. 6, 1917 [August 6, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & warming with light S.W. [southwest] wind
Typical mid summer day. Cicadas 
shrilling freely. Butterflies of various kinds
& sizes visit our flowers daily. I saw
a small Red Dragon Fly hovering over
pond in front of Museum yesterday.
These insects do not come to it often.
  Garden wild life at low ebb. Most of
the birds which frequented it in July
have disappeared while there has
been only the most trifling influx
of straggling migrants as yet.
The only birds singing to-day were
a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] & a Goldfinch. Two adult
Robins & one bob-tailed young one,
the usual number of House Sparrows
& one Oriole (heard chattering) 
complete the list.
  Spent most of day in
Museum writing letters. Also
strolled thro [through] Jungle several times.
  Usual evening reading by E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons], this
time of C.W. Eliot's [Charles William Eliot] fine article on
Democracy in N.Y Times [New York Times].

Cambridge 
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Aug. 7, 1917 [August 7, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & just agreeably cool - or warm -
with light westerly winds. Filmy clouds
overspreading sky at sunset.
  Garden birds. 3 Robins; an unidentified
Warbler keeping in tops of tall trees; a
Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] singing brokenly & a Goldfinch
well; 2 Jays, a Grackle & a Flicker;
6 Swifts at evening careering for an
hour or more about the old lindens.
  Worked all day in Museum, writing
letters & cheques for bills. Miss Balch
& her niece at dinner, Mrs. Cobb at
supper, Harry S. [Harry Spelman] at breakfast.
  I was in the Garden from 5.30 to
6.30 P.M. with C. [Caroline Brewster]. She comes there
every afternoon at this hour to rake
leaves fallen from the Catalapa [Catalpa].
It was especially beautiful &
restful there this evening with
Zinnias & marigolds coming into full
bloom & Swifts twittering ceaselessly
overhead. We read "Emma" after
supper.