Washington
  Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Jan. 19, 1906 [January 19, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Forenoon sunny; afternoon cloudy. 
  Very mild. 
  Merriam called for me at 9 A.M. 
& we went together to Smithsonian 
walking part of the way. Our 
committee meeting lasted until 
4 P.M. when we adjourned. Merriam 
Palmer and I went to Columbia Theater 
at 4.30 to hear Buffalo Jones.  
He is a cheap sensationalist but 
his pictures are wonderful, especially
the biograph ones of Elk, Buffalo, Cougars
etc.

Wea. [Weather] Saturday 20 [January 20, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear most of day. Very mild. 
  Our Committee on nomenclatures
held its final session to-day
adjourning about 3.30 P.M.
until next November when we 
are to meet just after the 
Union meeting is over. 
Dwight returned to New York
by 4 P.M. train. Allen is to 
stay another week. I shall 
probably stay several days more.
Biological Soc. [Biological Society] meeting this evening.
[margin]Heard a fun address by Merriam[/margin]
Washington
Wea. [Weather] Sun. [Sunday] Jan. 21, 1906 [January 21, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Partly cloudy, very warm. Wind 
light from the S. [south]
  Henry called at 8.30. We 
went to the Ontario to look up 
apartments & then to the Zoo where 
we met Merriam by appointment & 
Baker, later by accident. Saw most 
of the best things. Next Henry & I 
went to Brookland to dine (at 1.30) 
with Robert & Mrs. Ridgway. Spent 
a delightful afternoon with them, 
Saw fully 10,000 Crows flying to roost 
in Soldiers Home woods. 
Ridgway heard several Hylas peeping this evening. 

 Wea. [weather]. [Weather] Monday 22 [January 20, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  75 [degrees] max [maximum]
  Cloudy and oppressively warm. . 
  Having a sore throat i spent 
the day in the house. 
Henry & the Merriams called in the 
evening. Miss Brooks took a 
long ride in an open car. I 
saw some of our neighbors sitting
on their door steps the women in
shirt waists. Pansies & Plox
subulata [Phlox subulata] are said to be in
bloom in gardens now.