Wea. [Weather] TUES. [Tuesday] March 20, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
53 [degrees] - 6.30
54 [degrees] - 12 n. [noon]
50 [degrees] 4 P.M.
  Forenoon cloudy; afternoon
clear.
  Dryobates pubescens [male][female] visited suet.
  Visited the Museum twice to-day
10 - 12 A.M. & 2 - 4 P.M. Was
too weak to do more than write
a couple of letters and look over some
of the accumulated mail.
Wea. [Weather] WEDNESDAY 21 Ther. [Thermometer]
23 [degrees] - 6.30
38 [degrees] - 1 P.M.
  Sunny but with the sky filled
with clouds driving before the 
strong N.W. wind. On the whole
a [?] & rather typical March day.
4 chickadees visited the suet.
  Goldfinch singing sweetly sotto voce in
an apple tree in the garden.
  Spent most of the forenoon & part
of the afternoon in the Museum.
My strength comes back very slowly.
Wea. [Weather] THUR. [Thursday] MARCH 22, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
23 [degrees] - 6 A.M.
42 [degrees] - 2 P.M.
44 [degrees] - 4 P.M.
  Clear with light N.W. wind.
  Ampelis cedrorum 15 [in a flock] visited garden 
  Spinus tristis [male] in plain winter plumage
feeding on chicory seeds in garden & singing
almost constantly the while in low sweet
tones.
  Spent most of the forenoon & the early
part of the afternoon in the Museum
reading most of the time. Worked
around the garden in the morning,
my longest exercise thus far.
Wea. [Weather] FRIDAY 23 Ther. [Thermometer]
34 [degrees] - 6 A.M.
54 [degrees] - 12 n. [noon]
  Forenoon cloudy & calm. P.M.
clear with strong W. wind.
  Passerella iliaca. 2 [in a flock] in garden
  Colaptes auratus 1 [in full song] in lindens 7 A.M.
  Corvus americanus 8 [in a flock] migrating high up.
  Dryobates pubescens [male][female] visited suet.
  Spent most of day in Museum.
Started on drive with C. at 2 P.M.
but went only as far as Appleton St &
returned it seemed so windy & chilly.