14 clear sky, wind still N.E. & cloudy. Birds sing well, thunder was ter, [illegible] don't know how. 15 A beautiful day. Glass 38 rather hazy, very clear, & warm weather the air full of sounds & smells of spring. I heard a grasshopper & sparrow. He is not quite so early as some, but his big last longer, as he sings all summer when others are silent. I often enliven a summer night with a sudden start of song The far garrow is either scared cr I have not been in his haunt, as I have seen him yes. Swallows are more plentiful than last year, but not quite so many, Bluebirds much more numerous,