Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] March 8, 1905 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Light rain storm, the first for
several weeks. I had little effect 
on the snow for the temperature was
not high.
  Spent day in Museum working
on Introduction finishing with Morton
Wood & Josselyn and also writing
two pages on the Cabots.
  Lunched alone C. [Caroline] having gone in
town to church. J.A. Farley called
in late P.M.
  Wea. [Weather] Thursday 9 [March 9, 1905) Ther. [Thermometer]
  Forenoon sunny; afternoon
cloudy; calm; mild.
  Spent A.M. working on introduction
finishing with "the Cabots." 
  Found Outram Bangs in Museum
after lunch.
  A Flicker "shouting" loudly at
intervals through the forenoon & a
Nuthatch calling wot-wot-wot
in the early morning.
  Wea. [Weather] Fri.. [Friday] March 10, 1905 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear in A.M., cloudy in P.M.
calm; mild.
  Spent day in Museum working on
Introduction Cambridge Birds.
Wrote an account of our garden.
No callers.
  A [female] Hairy woodpecker at the suet.
  The ground is bare in many places
now & the sleighing is wholly at an end,
at least in Cambridge.
  Wea. [Weather] Saturday 11 [March 11, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
24 [degrees]
32 [degrees]
  Clear with fresh N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent day in Museum. Worked
on Introduction in A.M. In
P.M. identified a number of birds
sent by C.E. Aiken last May. There
were four Screech Owls among them, one
a red bird, apparently asio [Otus asio], from Colorado!
  Mrs. Almy dined with me & C. 
having gone to Boston for day.
Gilbert went to Concord 
with Mr. Grafton, an English foreman.