Washington
Wea. [Weather] Tues. [Tuesday] Jan. 23, 1906 [January 23, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
70 [degrees]
  Cloudy with occasional light 
showers & heavy rain after dark.
  Spent the day in Agric. Dept. [Agricultural Department]
Smithsonian & Nat. Museum [National Museum]
calling on my friends. Purdie &
Osgood showed me a lot of the
Biol. Survey [Biological Survey] birds. I had a long 
talk with Ridgway. He is
planning to buy a farm in Illinois.
Merriam & Henshaw called  on
me this evening. My throat
better but still troublesome.
[margin]An oppressively hot, muggy day[/margin]

Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 24 [January 24, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  47 [degrees] max. [maximum]
  Clear and much cooler
with fierce bracing N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Walked to the Tramway with
Merriam & Prof. [Professor] Woodman
of the Carnegie Ins. [Carnegie Institute] after
breakfast. Visited the old
Curiosity Shop & had my hair 
cut. Spent most of day at
Dept. Biology [Department of  Biology] & Smithsonian
calling on my friends. Called
at Miss Holman's & saw Miss Olive
& Miss Swasey. Henry & I took tea
at the Museum & spent evening there.

Washington - Boston - Cambridge
Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] Jan. 25, 1906 [January 25, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear and cool but not cold.
  Took Colonial Express at 7.40 A.M.
and went directly through to Boston
reaching there about 8.20 P.M.
  Called on C. [Caroline] at Abbotsford and stayed
until 10 when I went to the Athletic
Club for the night. I saw no snow
whatever & almost no ice to-day.
The grass was green & the roads dry
as far as Southern Connecticut. It
is said that the ther. [thermometer] was 70 [degrees] here last
Sunday.
  Wea. [Weather] Friday 26 [January 26, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear, cool, calm - like a fine day
in mid-November.
  After breakfast at Athletic Club
I came out to Cambridge & worked
all day on proofs Camb. Birds [Cambridge Birds].
C. [Caroline] called at 7 P.M. & I escorted her
to her Bee which met at Mrs Cobbs.
Lizzy has gone home to her mother
& Miss Allyn is with C. [Caroline] now. I
am to be alone in our house for
the present. There is probably no
snow & the grass is faintly green
in spots.