Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Jan. [January] 31, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
  30[degrees] 8 A.M.
  34[degrees] 1 P.M. 
  31[degrees] 6 P.M.
  Cloudy with a light dust of
snow.
  Dryobates pubescens [male], [female] in garden.
  Syrinium nibulosum. - One seen in Norton's woods
by Faxon, Hoffman & Purdie.
  Spent day in Museum. Dr. Bishop
called in A.M. & lunched with us. He
brought some birds which he collected on the
Yukon last summer among them new forms
of Parus hudsonicus, Sayornis sayi & Contopus [?].
Mr. Abbott F'rarrou called in P.M. bringing a
hybrid Grouse, a Goshawk & some White w.[winged] Crossbills
all of which I took in exch.[exchange] for [Mexican?] skins
Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] Feb. [February] 1, [1900] Ther. [Thermometer]
  8 [degrees] - 8 A.M. 
  17 [degrees] - 1 P.M..
  Clear with fresh N.W. [North West] wind.
  Parus atricapillus 1[in full song] in garden.
  Spent day in Museum. Began
on an article for Bird Lore choosing
the experience with the young Whistlers
at Leonard's Pond in 1897. Struggled
all day on the opening paragraph &
got nothing for my pains.
  To Boston at 6 P.M. Met C. at the
Brunswick. We took tea with the Stones at
the studio & saw a lot of fine slides afterwards
Wea. [Weather]  Fri. [Friday] Feb. [February] 2, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
  7 [degrees] - 8 A.M.
  17 [degrees] - 1 P.M. 
  14 [degrees] - 6 P.M.
  Clear with moderate W. [West] wind.
[margin]in the garden[/margin]
  Dryobates pubescens [male] visited suet four times
  Colaptes auratus 2 [males] eating Parkman's apples
  Corvus americanus 5 flying over
  Spent day in Museum working on the
Whistler article and making almost no
progress. It is trying to be considered a 
writer & yet to be unable to write.
No callers except Strong whom I did not see.
Wea. [Weather]  Saturday [February] 3, [1900] Ther. [Thermometer]
  12 [degrees] - 8 A. M.
  24 [degrees] - 1 P.M.
  21 [degrees] 6 P.M.
  Clear with fresh west wind.
  Spent the whole day in the museum
working on the Whistler article. The Raven
escaped from his cage early in the forenoon
& flew up into the linden at the E. end of
the house where I exposed several plates at
him from our chamber window. He [?]
the day time but disappeared before sunset.
Walter Deane went to Norton's woods with
Faxon to see a Barred Owl that has been living 
there for some time. It was in the usual place
in a grove of [?].

