Wea. [Weather] THUR. [Thursday] March 16, 1905 Ther. [Thermometer]
22 [degrees]
42 [degrees]
  Forenoon sunny; afternoon
cloudy. Calm.
  Wrote a few letters after breakfast.
Went to town at 11 and visited the
office.  Invested $16000. of Estate money
in U.S. registered 4% bonds, to be
sold later to pay for new Academy.
Lunched at Athletic Club. To
Dr. Rand's at 2 P.M. Had several 
teeth refilled. Got home at 4 P.M.
James and his wife called. I engaged him
as foreman at Concord for $50 a month.
  Wea. [Weather] Friday 17 [March 17, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
25 [degrees]
  Clear, calm, warmer.
  A [male] Robin newly arrived, calling in Garden at 5.30 P.M.
Spent day in Museum working 
on the Introduction. Began to 
write up Nuttall. Am surprised
to find how extensively he paraphrased 
from Wilson.
  Mc.Leod called in P.M. I
saw him only for a moment.
The Kumlien's gull is back from
Angell & Cash - a firmly mounted bird. 
The snow is going rapidly. About 
one half the ground is now bare.
  Wea. [Weather] SAT. [Saturday] MARCH 18, 1905 Ther. [Thermometer]
31 [degrees] 
61 [degrees]
  Clear, calm very warm indeed
the warmest day from last November.
Two Bluebirds in the catalopa [catalpa] near the Museum
and a Grackle in one of our cherry trees at 4 P.M.
A Robin calling at evening.
  Spent day at Museum working on 
Introduction. Mrs. Williamson, Constance
Williston, E.R.S [Elizabeth R. Simmons] and Walter lunched with C. [Caroline]
& me. Gilbert went to Concord where he saw
a Bluebird, a Song Sparrow, 7 Robins and 3 Grackles
He says the river is open in places. News reached
us of Miss Wright's death from pneumonia at Bethel.
  Wea. [Weather] Sunday 19 [March 19, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
41 [degrees]
57 [degrees]
  Cloudy with warm rain.
The snow went like magic today.
By night only a few small patches
remained in sight from our house.
  A Flicker "shouting", a Grackle creaking,
a Robin running on the lawn, three 
Juncos, a Downy and a Chickadee were
the Garden birds of to-day.
Wrote letters in A.M. Miss Maria 
Audubon, Walter Deane, Will and Alice Stone
dined with C. [Caroline] and me. George Farnsworth
called in late P.M.