Wea. [Weather] TUES. [Tuesday] DEC. 5, 1905 [December 5, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear with light, crisp
N.W. wind, a fine late Autumn day.
  Worked all day in Museum on
revision Cambridge of Birds.  Wheeler
of Millis, Mass. [Millis, Massachusetts], called in P.M.
C. [Caroline] made a lot of calls in Boston
in P.M. Sam. Henshaw was expected to dinner [delete]dined[/delete]
with me at 6.45 but he did
not appear.
Wea. [Weather] WEDNESDAY 6 [December 6, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
 Partly cloudy. Warmer.
  Spent day in Museum working
on Revision Cambridge Birds.
No callers.
  C. [Caroline] & I dined at the Fullers
this evening with Lizzy Fuller,
[?] Fuller, Mrs. Cobb & Mr. &
Mrs. Henderson. Mrs. Cobb read some
very bright & graceful letters written
by Daniel Webber to her grandfather
more than 100 years ago.
  Wea. [Weather] THUR. [Thursday] DEC. 7, 1905 [December 7, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Partly cloudy, calm, mild.
  Working all day in Museum on
revision Cambridge Birds. Forbush 
called in P.M. C. [Caroline] is again 
suffering severe pain, this time from
an ulcerating tooth.
  Mr. Dimick of the Fish & Game
Protective Ass. [Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association] came out at 5 P.M.
& stayed until 6.45.  He has persuaded
me to accept nomination for presidency
of the Association- greatly against my will
  Wea. [Weather] FRIDAY 8 [December 8, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & mild
  I am in the grip of a heavy
cold but have managed to work
in the Museum, all day, revising
M.S. [manuscript] of Cambridge Birds.
The Cardinal Grosbeak spent an
hour in the garden this A.M.
He inspected the suet in the catalopa [catalpa]
& finally came to that on my
windowsill & ate of it freely, as 
I sat in my chair not 5 ft. from
him