Cambridge - Concord
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Dec. 13, 1901 [December 13, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
40 [degrees]
47 [degrees]
  Cloudy with fine drizzling rain.
  Spent entire day working on Lower Cala. [California]
Report. I am seafaring birds now &
dealt with the Murrelets B. hypoleucos et
craveri [Brachyramphus hypoleucos et craveri] yesterday & today.
  At 6 P.M. started out alone for a 
walk. Went down Brattle Street to Harvard Sq. [Harvard Square]
& returned same way. Dense fog & everything 
dripping with moisture. John T. Nichols (son
of my old friend) & Bowditch called last 
evening. Margaret Manning came out to go to
a party & to spend the night with us.
Wea. [Weather] Saturday 14 [December 14, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
50 [degrees]
63 [degrees]
  A.M. sunny; P.M. cloudy with
violent S.W. [Southwest] wind. Snow completely gone.
  Chickadees heard in the Garden.
  Miss Swazey & Margaret Manning left this morning.
I spent A.M. at my usual task.
Mr. Lord called at 3.30 P.M. to show
me illustrations for his Birds of Oregon.
  Gilbert went to Concord at 2 P.M. & I
followed by 5.01 train. Walked to Tuttle's 
stable & was driven thence to the farm. The
night was dark & wild with a gale blowing
from the S.W. [Southwest]
Concord - Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] Sun. [Sunday] Dec. 15, 1901 [December 15, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  S.W. [Southwest] gale in A.M. with torrents of rain &
mild temperature. Wind veered to N.W. [Northwest] at 2 P.M.
the rain slackened & the air became much cooler.
  Parus atri [Parus atricapillus] 2 [in a flock] Ball's Hill, 6 [in a flock] Davis H. [Davis Hill], hd [heard] at farmhouse
  Regulus sat. [Regulus satrapa] Heard on Pine Ridge & in Prescott's pines
  Spizella mont. [Spizella montana] 12 [in a flock] Ball's H. [Ball's Hill] Sw. 1 [in a flock] Bensen's asparagus
  Dryobates pub. [Dryobates pubescens] 1 seen at Ball's H. [Ball's Hill] by Gilbert.
  Bonasa um. [Bonasa umbellus] 4 [in a flock], 1 [in a flock] Ball's H. [Ball's Hill], 2 [in a flock] Prescott's p. [pines], 2 [in a flock] Birch Field.
  Spent A.M. in farm house writing letters.
In P.M. walked to Ball's Hill with Hansen
returning alone via Davis's Hill. The woods
were dark & gloomy. The river over the
meadows & almost wholly free from ice. No snow
left even in woods.
Wea. [Weather] Monday 16 [December 16, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
10 [degrees]
20 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear with [?] N.W. [Northwest] wind.
  Rose at daybreak & drove to Concord in
one of Tuttle's teams. Took 8.05 train for
Cambridge with Ned Bartlett & Geo. Keyes.
Spent A.M. working on Lower Cala. [California] birds.
P.M. at Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] weeding out 
duplicates. Walked to & from Museum
C. [Caroline] going down with me as as far as the [?]
  Roland Hayward & Harry & [?] C. dined
with us at 6.30. [?] writing in
the evening.