Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] Dec. 1, 1902 [December 1, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
30º min. [minimum] 
  Clear with light W. [west] wind. The
rain of last evening turned to snow in the
night & the trees & ground were white this morning
for the first time this autumn.
  Walter Deane & I walked to Fresh Pond
at 8.30. Found 54 Black Ducks, 2 [male] Red-heads
a [female] Mallard & about 200 Gulls in the Pond.
No signs of the Murre or Loon seen yesterday.
  With Gilbert I started for Concord by electrics
at 11.15 A.M. We crossed the river in a boat
having to break ice ¼ inch thick the whole length
of the boat canal. Took lunch at the cabin
& walked to the farm where I saw Hansen.
Started 5 Partridges & saw Chickadees, Kinglets, 
a Downy & a Blue Jay. As we were recrossing river a
Great Blue Heron alighted by the canal. Took 4.20
train home. Thos. [Thomas] Malone, a young Irishman brought 
me a freshly killed Loon this eve. [evening] He says he killed
in Parry's clay pit Belmont. Nuttall Club meeting.
Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 2 [December 2, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear, calm, mild. All the snow gone
in exposed places by noon.
  Spent entire day in Museum writing
letters etc. The express brought me a fine
young Whistling Swan killed at Newbury pond
Mass. [Massachusets]. Wm. [William] Wendte of that place found it
in a provision store & secured it for me
at 3.00 I sent it & the Loon killed
yesterday to Angell & Cash of Providence
for mounting.
  Roland Hayward called in P.M.
Kinglet only bird noted in garden to-day.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Dec. 3, 1902 [December 3, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
40 - 48 [degrees]
  Cloudy, calm, mild; light rain in A.M.
  Spent most of day in Museum working
on letters & bird notes. At 2 P.M. found
collected in garden, in and about hemlocks, 2
Chickadees, 2 Golden-crests, 1 Creeper, [male] White-
billed Nuthatch, [male] Canada Nuthatch, [male] Downy
& several Eng. Sparrows [English sparrows] while Herring Gulls were
drifting high overhead. Earlier in day a Flicker
was calling & later a Crow cawing.
  Went into Boston at 4 P.M. Called at
Smith's to try on a suit and bought two
knives for C. [Caroline.]
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 4 [December 4, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Sunny but hazy, calm, mild.
  Walked to Fresh Pond at 9 A.M. Found
there about 800 Gulls, 106 Black Ducks
& 2 Red-heads. Most of the Ducks were
in Cambridge Nook & some of them within
a rod or less of shore. Saw a [female] Sparrow Hawk
fly from one of the large oaks in the Grove.
Saw a Tree Sparrow near pumping station.
  Meeting Visiting Com. [Visiting Committee] Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] 11 A.M.
Present only Dr. Falsom, Dr. Woodworth, & myself.
After meeting had interview Mr. Dan
Spent P.M. at my museum. Harold Bowditch
called. Hansen brought down load of wood
in A.M.