  Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] March 12, 1902 Ther, [Thermometer]
34 [degrees]
66 [degrees]
  Cloudy with light S. [south] wind.
  Robin in the Garden 7.00 A.M.
  Bronzed Grackle 7 [in a flock] on Follen [Street], 1 on Berkeley St.
  Walked to Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] at 10 A.M.
Saw Henshaw, & advised him not to accept
curatorship of Bos. Soc. [Boston Society] which he is considering.
Also saw Woodworth & Faxon. The latter
is to sail for England on the 21st.
Met Leander & Almy at Safety [?].
Dined with former at Fellner's & saw 
Frank Manning there. Called at Almy's office
at 2.30 & decided to settle with Carr for
the pine lumber. Got home at 4.30 P.M.

  Wea. [Weather] Thursday 13 [March 13, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
48 [degrees]
64 [degrees]
  Partly cloudy; light S. [south] wind.
  Brief shower in P.M. Snow all gone.
  Robins all over Cambridge. 1 in full song
in the Garden at sunrise. Three or four 
calling, & one singing at evening.
A Flicker shouting in the Garden in A.M. 
Spent A.M. in Museum working on 
Lower Cala. [Lower California] paper. Drove to Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology]
at 2.30 & spent P.M. there. Talked
with Woodworth & Henshaw about pub. [publishing]
Lower Cala. [Lower California] paper. Had a long 
talk with Faxon & another with
Dr. Mack about Aquaria.

  Cambridge - Concord.
  Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] March 14, 1902 Ther. [Thermometer]
35 [degrees]
42 [degrees]
  Clear with strong N.W. [Northwest] wind. 
  Worked on the Lower Cal. [Lower California] paper in A.M.
Leander lunched with me. At 2.15
I drove to Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] where I saw
Woodworth, Henshaw & Faxon. We discussed 
the publication of Birds Lower Cala. [Birds of Lower California] by Museum.
At 4 P.M. Faxon & I took type of Turdus
nanus to College Library & compared it with
Audubon's plates in elephant folio.
At 5 P.M. I called on Pres. [President] Eliot by
appointment to consult with him about the
formation of a Harvard vivarium. Dr. Woodworth
called at 8 P.M. to talk over the same matter.

  Wea. [Weather] Saturday 15 [March 15, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
26 [degrees] min [minimum]
  Cloudless with chill east wind.
  Spent A.M. working on the Lower Cala. [Lower California] 
paper. Took 2.05 train for Concord.
Hansen met me at station. During
drive to farm saw Bluebirds.
Parker & his men were shingling sides
of cow barn & barn house. A Bluebird
singing near house. Walked about farm
from 5 to 6.30 P.M. Lots of birds
Robins, Bluebirds, Song Sparrows, Flickers,
Red-wings & Rusties etc. all singing at
sunset. Snow almost wholly gone.