Jan'y 12
Cambridge
  Cloudy & calm with flurries of snow in P.M.
Ther 6[degrees] at sunrise, 22[degrees] at sunset.
  To the Piper place at 9 A.M. There were about
100 Grosbeaks on the snow under the tree but they
had eaten most of the seeds and began leaving
in small parties while I was watching them. I 
returned to my house for a Kodak camera and going
back exposed a number of plates but the shutter
was out of order and I fear the light spoiled them
all. During these trips I saw or heard a good many
Grosbeaks. There were some on Governor Russells place
eating mountain ash berries, others in the trees
on Appleton Street, and sixteen in the white ash
on the corner of Riedesel and Brattle Streets. The flock
last mentioned contained a fine red male
which, with several of his gray companions, hopped
fearlessly about on the sidewalk within a few
feet of me. An hour later a red bird, probably the 
same individual came to the cedar tree in front
of the museum and was shot by Denton. Although
Grosbeaks have continued very numerous through
the day in the vicinity of my place their
numbers have decreased very considerably as compared
with yesterday - quite one half I should say. They 
have evidently exhausted the food supply hereabouts
and are departing in search of fresh fields.
[margin]Pine Grosbeaks[/margin]
  There was a Golden-crested Kinglet, a solitary
bird apparently, flitting about among some 
evergreens on Brattle Street this morning.
[margin]Kinglet[/margin]