Wea. [Weather] SUN. [Sunday] FEB. [Feb] 4, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy & calm with slowly rising temperature
and rain at evening & through the night.
  28 [degrees] - 8 A.M.
  36 [degrees] - 1 P.M.
  Regulus satrapa 2 [circled] in willow
  Dryobates pubescens [male]
  Colaptes auratus - heard
  Ceryle alcyon, one on pile, Charles River, E. Watertown
  A. M. Drove to Chestnut Hill to call on
Miss Keyes & Mrs. Gay.
  P.M. Attended lecture by Dean Hodges at St. Johns
church & called at the Thayers' with C. [Caroline]
Two "marsh" boys caught the Raven in Le Baron Briggs[']
yard this evening & brought him back to me.
Wea. [Weather] MONDAY [February] 5 Ther. [Thermometer]
  A.M. cloudy with rain & snow squalls.
  P.M. clear. Violent W. [west] wing all day.
  Heavy rainfall last night & early this morning.
  38 [degrees] - 8 A.M.
  34 [degrees] - 1 P.M.
  30 [degrees] - 6 P.M.
  Dryobates pubescens. - [male] visited suet
  Spent day in Museum. Skinned Puffin &
wrote letters in A.M. In P.M. a man
called to plan to viewing the Museum for
electric lights.
  Nuttall Club met this evening. Talk by
Strong on his methods of measuring ch[?].
Rather small meeting.
Wea. [Weather] TUES. [Tuesday] FEB. [February] 6, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy, calm, chilly, clearing in late P.M.
  Dryobates pubescens. [female]
  Colaptes auratus 1
  Spent day in Museum working on the
Whistler article. I seem to have lost what
little gift at writing I have ever possessed.
Wea. [Weather] WEDNESDAY [January] 7 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear, calm, mild; a rare day
for Midwinter.
  24 [degrees] - 8 A.M.
  37 [degrees] - 1 P.M.
  34 [degrees] - 9 P.M.
  Spent the day working on the Whistler
article making slow progress. The
men began wiring the Museum for
electric lights. C. J. Maynard called
in P.M. He tells me that Foster H. Brackett
died last month & that he has bought his
entire collection.