Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Dec. 1, 1905 [December 1, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
12 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear & rather cold.
Spent most of day in town.
Called at office and did
some miscellaneous shopping.
Bought 5 original Audubon 
photos, the Parraqeet [Parakeet], Swainson's 
Warbler, Herring Gull, Snowy Owl
&  Yellow crowned night Heron.
  To Athletic Club at 5 P.M. Put
on my dress suit & attended
dinner N.E. Bot. Club  [New England Botanical Club] 6.30 -10 P.M.
45 members present. Talked with
Jencks, Ben Watson, Stone of Amherst
& others. Home by 11 P.M.
  Wea. [Weather] Saturday 2 [December 2, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with light rain in late
P.M. Warmer with S.W. [southwest] wind.
  To Boston at 9.30. Met Committee
N.E. Bot. Club [New England Botanical Club] at Park Com. [Metropolitan Park Commission] office.
Dr. Kennedy, Dr. Kidder & Mr. Morse
Mr. de Las Casas took us to
Middlesex Fells. We spent entire day
there driving all over reservations
Lunching at Com. [Commission] headquarters where
we met Mr. C.P. Price [Charles Price] & saw his Zoo.
Over 1000 Gulls & several hundred 
Black Ducks in Spot Pond. Had
a fine day. Got home at 6 P.M.
  Wea. [Weather] Sun. [Sunday] Dec. 3, 1905 [December 3, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with incessant heavy rain.
A.M. warm with S.E. [southeast] wind. P.M.
chilly with strong N.E. [northeast] wind.
  Sam Henshaw took breakfast &
Jack Nichols dined with me. I
spent most of A.M. writing letters.
C. [Caroline] went to early church and
thence to Roxbury to see Miss Everett.
She took tea with me and read
Sven Hedin's book on Asia in the 
evening.
  Wea. Weather] Monday 4 [December 4, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Partly cloudy, cooler.
  Spent day in Museum working
at final revision of Cambridge Birds.
No callers. Nuttall Club this 
evening - a big meeting with
annual selection of officers &
a paper by Townsend on 
Birds of Cape Breton.
  The ground is still only skimmed by
frost & the grass remains green.
I see Blue Jays daily in the Garden.
Few other birds appear there now.