Cambridge - Concord.
Wea. [Weather] SAT. JAN. 3, 1903 [Saturday January 3, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer] 
Cloudy with a drizzle of rain
in A.M. Snow nearly all gone again.
Spent A.M. in Museum working
on Sparrow chapter & nearly finishing it.
Purdie remained & lunched with me.
Gilbert & I took 2.05 train to Concord
whence Tuttle drove us to the farm.
Roads bare & muddy, fields pretty bare,
8-12 inches snow in woods. Short walk
in woods below orchard before dark.
Purdie joined me at 6.30 P.M.
Wea. [Weather] SUNDAY 4 [Sunday January 4, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer] 
Early morning clear. Remainder of day
cloudy & mild.
Had talk with Hansen after breakfast.
Then Purdie & I walked to cabin
over Prescott's pines & Davis's Hill.
On return met the Howe Bros. [brothers] & a friend &
turned back to show them cabins. Got
back to farm at 1 P.M. Spent P.M.
in house talking.
River open in places opp. [opposite] Ball's Hill. Birds
exceedingly scarce. Saw all day 1 Chickadee,
2 Blue Jays, 3 Crows & a Partridge. The 
Howe's have seen bevy 10 Quail lately.
Rabbit tracks scarce, Squirrel & Partridge tracks
everywhere.
Concord -Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] MON. JAN. 5, 1903 [Monday January 5, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer] 
30 [degrees]
40 [degrees]
Clear, calm, rather mild.
  Breakfast at 7. A.M. & started half an hour
later for Concord in one of Tuttle's teams.
Saw a Flicker on Punkatasett Hill. Took 8.06
train for Arlington & reached home shortly 
after 9. Spent day in museum working
on Introduction to Cambridge Birds. C. [Caroline] 
returned from Providence in time for dinner.
Just after it we walked to Botanic Garden
& went through the greenhouses. At the Nutall
meeting this evening I read from & commented on
Millais's "Surface Feeding Ducks of Great Britain".
Wea. [Weather] TUESDAY 6 [Tuesday January 6, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
34 [degrees]
32 [degrees]
Cloudy with light rain in A.M.
& damp snow loading the trees & bushes, in P.M.
A very dark & dismal day.
  Spent most of day working on
Introduction to Cambridge Birds.
No callers & only a Chickadee
& a Downy seen in the Garden.
Walked to Mrs. George's opposite the
Common after dinner to leave a
note for C. [Caroline] I wrote to Charles Minot
yesterday asking to reedit the Land 
Birds & Game Birds for a 3rd edition.