Wea. [weather] MON. [Monday] July 30, 1906 Ther. [thermometer] 
  Clear and hot with light S.W. [southwest] wind. Heavy rain
last night and early this morning. 
  It was pouring at breakfast time but 
when we drove to Concord to take the 8.06 
train the rain had ceased. George went
through to Boston but Gilbert & I got off 
at Arlington and reached house at 9.30.
  E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] came up at 10.30 & she, Gilbert 
and I wrapped and addressed about 50 copies
of my Birds of Cambridge most of which
we sent off in P.M. or delivered about 
Cambridge. My copies were sent to the 
Museum on Friday. Saw Mr. Agassiz in P.M.

Wea. [weather] Tuesday 31 [July 31, 1906] Ther. [thermometer] 
  Sunny but hazy. Cooler with light E. [east] wind.
  Spent day in Museum writing
letters etc. C. [Caroline] and her brother George
went to Chelmsford to see the 
Bartletts. There are few birds about
 the place now. I saw to-day a 
Yellow Warbler & a Robin & heard
a Red-eye & Yellow-Bill Cuckoo singing
a little & a Goldfinch in full song.
A Flicker called and some young Chippies [chipping sparrows]
chattered. 

Wea. [weather] WED. [Wednesday] AUG. 1 [August 1, 1906] Ther. [thermometer]
  Sunny but very hazy with cool E. [east] wind.
  Spent forenoon in Museum writing letters
etc. In P.M. took George Kettell on 
an automobile ride. We went through 
the Boston park system to Forest Hill [Forest Hills]
and then through all the Newton & Waltham. 
Starting at 3 & getting back at 5 P.M. 
  At 6 P.M. we went to the Oakley Club 
where we dined & spent most of evening. 
Walter and Margie Deane returned from
Shelburne today.

Wea. [weather] Thursday 2 [August 2, 1906] Ther. [thermometer] 
  Sunny but very hazy with cool E. [east] wind.
  To Pigeon Cove by 10.45 train. 
Dined with Leander, Ada, Edwin, Alice,
Will, and Edwin Brewster. I went down 
especially to see a portrait of my father
that Anna Brewster has just painted. It is very good. 
Returned by 4 P.M. train. 
  Mrs. Cobb took tea with us. Walter called.
George Kettell and I sat up late talking. 
Robin roost entirely deserted of late.
I think the birds have been driven off by 
Screech Owls. Heard an Owl this evening. 
[margin]First Tree Cricket to-night.[/margin]