Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] SUN. JAN. 7, 1906 [January 7, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
                                                                                    24 [degrees]
Clear & cool with brisk N.W. [northwest] wind
  Spent forenoon in Museum
working on proof of Camb. Birds [Cambridge Birds].
Mr & Mrs. John E. Thayer, Will &
Alice Stone, Bessy Jefferson &
Walter Deane dined with C. [Caroline] & me
at 1.30. The Stones stayed until
5.30. Lois Howe called before they 
left. C. [Caroline] read Sven Heden to
me in the evening. No birds in 
garden. Gulls flying over. Fresh Pond open.

Wea. [Weather] MONDAY 8 [January 8, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy & cold or at least chilly.
The ground hard frozen & dusted
with snow.
  Walter & I had a field day
in the Museum with a big batch
of page proof.  I had to write
a good deal of fresh matter to 
make some of the pages come out right.
No callers.  A Shrike in the Garden 
this morning eating a Sparrow &
later singing a little, feebly &
brokenly.  C. [Caroline] read Sven Heden 
to me this evening.  My cold better.

Cambridge
Wea. [Weather] TUES. JAN. 9, 1906 [Tuesday, January 9, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
                                                                                                      12 [degrees] min. [minimum]
  Clear and cold
  Spent day in Museum working
on Cambridge Birds.  C. [Caroline] left 
Cambridge at 3 P.M. going in 
to for a month of rest & change at
the Abbotsford.  I walked to Mt. Auburn 
Street with her.
  Purdie [Henry A. Purdie]  is to stay with me through
the week.  He joined me about 5 P.M.
We spent the evening talking in my Den

Wea. [Weather] WEDNESDAY 10 [Wednesday, January 10, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
                                                                                                         6 [degrees] min. [minimum]
  Clear and still colder.
Spent day in Museum
working on proofs Birds of
Cambridge. Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] & I 
sat in the den again this 
evening -  Beard called.
The Mass Fish & Game Protective 
Association [Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association] elected me as their 
president this evening.  I had
hoped to attend their meeting 
but my cold prevented.