Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] Dec. 9, 1901 [December 9, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
40 [degrees]
48 [degrees]
  Clear, calm, mild, The snow
wasting rapidly.
  In the Garden
  Ampelis cedrorum 11[in a flock] feeding on berries
of Mt. Ash [Mountain Ash], Nightshade & Jap. honeysuckle [Japanese honeysuckle].
  Certhia f. americana - one -Craigie St.
  Colaptes auratus - one - Chauncey St.
  Wrote on Lower Cala. [California] Rep. [Report] in A.M.
Spent P.M. at Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] picking
out duplicate skins. Saw Faxon, Henshaw
& O. Bangs.
Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 10 [December 10, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy, mild but chilly. Heavy rain
last night taking off most of the snow
Spent A.M. working on Lower Cala. [California] Rep. [Report].
Went in town at noon, called at
office where I saw Mackintire, lunched
with Mrs. & Outram Bangs and spent
the whole afternoon looking over the
latter's superb collection of Central Am. [Central American]
birds.
C. [Caroline] read the Octopus to me in the evening.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Dec. 11, 1901 [December 11, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear and mild with almost no wind.
  Bewick's Wren seen off Harvard Br. [Harvard Bridge] by Nichols & Bowditch.
  Spent A.M. in usual way - working
on Lower Cala. [California] Report. There is very much
to do to it to bring it up to date.
  In P.M. attended meeting Directors
Audubon Society at Mrs. Cabot's. Present
Mrs. Cabot, Mrs. Bolles, Miss Hall, Miss Richards,
Allen, Hoffmann, Lowell and Hodges.
C. [Caroline] read the Octopus to me in the evening.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 12 [December 12, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  The Garden
  Ampelis cedrorum, small flock
  Corvus am. [Corvus americana] 3 or 4 cawing at day break.
  [delete]Bewick's Wren. One seen off Harvard Br. by J. T. Nichols & Bowditch[/delete]
  Spent A.M. on Lower Cala. [California] Report.
Also worked on it for an hour after dinner.
At 4 P.M. started for a solitary walk.
Went up Highland St., down Fayerweather St.
& up Brattle St. to Fresh Pond, back through
Herron Avenue. The Pond seemed to be open
in places. I saw the Gulls going there
this morning.