Wea. [Weather] Tues. [Tuesday] July 18, 1905 Ther. [Thermometer]
94 [degrees] max[maximum] 
85 [degrees] min[minimum]
  Clear & intensely hot with light                           
W. [west] wind.                                                    
  Spent day at Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology]
working on Bigelow - Bryant Coll. [Collection]
Very many of the birds were wrongly
named by those who relabeled them
a year or two ago. Had a short talk
with Mr. Agassiz. Also saw Henshaw
& Miss Anthony. Robert Jackson &
family sailed for Europe to-day.
C. [Caroline] & I dined at the Oakley this evening.
Am. Redstart [American redstart], Yel.thr. Vireo [yellow-throated vireo], Red-eye Vireo [red-eyed vireo]
Yellow bill Cuckoos [yellow-billed cuckoo] singing near M.C.Z. [Museum of Comparative Zoology]
[margin]Vireo flav. [Vireo flavifrons] 1 [in full song] ; V. olivaceus [Vireoolivaceus] 1 [in full song] Setophaga [Setophaga ruticilla] 1 [in full song]
Coc. amer. [Coccyzus americanus] 1 [in full song] Quiscalus 3 Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] grounds[/margin]
  Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 19 [July 19, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer] 
93 max. [maximum]
  Clear, intensely hot, oppressively humid.
The worst day of a terrible series. A
thunder shower at noon. Cooler at evening.
  Spent day at Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] working
on Bigelow collection. My room in 
the top story was like an oven.
  Walked back at 4.30 P.M.
  C. [Caroline] & I took tea on back piazza & spent
evening in front hall reading Svedin's 
"Asia". About 300 Robins came
to the roost in the lilacs this evening. 
  Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] July 20, 1905 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & decidedly cooler although
really a very warm day.
  Worked all day in the Museum
- on proofs of Cambridge Birds, letters,
etc. Gilbert went in town & bought
two big goldfish for the pond in
front of museum. Our cherries
still hold out attracting many birds.
We have a heavy crop this year.
C. [Caroline] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] went to Concord to the
Emersons' this P.M.
  Wea. [Weather] Friday 21 [July 21, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & cool with light E. [east] wind.
Merula 8
Setophaga 1 [in full song]
Vireo ol. 1 [in full song] Contopus virens 1 [in full song]
Spizella soc. [Spizella socialis]. 1 [in full song] Colaptes 1
Mus. Comp. Zool.[Museum of Comparative Zoology] grounds.
  Worked all day at Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology]
on Bigelow collection. Saw Faxon & 
Henshaw. The latter takes breakfast
with us every morning now. 
  After lunch I strolled about the
Museum grounds smoking my pipe.
 An ad. [adult male] Redstart, a Red-eyed Vireo,
a Chippy and a Wood Pewee singing &
a Flicker calling. Saw 8 Robins & a 
few House Sparrows.
  Caught 5 rats in our garden last 
night.