Wea. [Weather] Tues.[ Tuesday] Aug. 7, 1906 [August 7, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & warm but with a dry, cool
E. [east] wind. 
  To Mus Comp. Zoology [Museum of Comparative Zoology] at
10 A.M. C. [Caroline] drove me there. I spent 
the day working on the Bryant
collection of birds. There are seven 
cans which I did not deal with
last summer & which I hope to
finish in a week or two now.
  Outram Bangs called on me in P.M.
Heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo cooing
in the Palfrey place. Two swifts flying over
Got home at 5 P.M.

Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 8 [August 8, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with heavy rain in the
forenoon. Calm & rather sultry.
  To Museum Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] at
10 A.M. working up to 1 P.M.
on the Bryant birds in company 
with Mr. Parshley, Mr. Henshaw's 
assistant who is writing labels for 
them. A Red-eye singing near
the Museum. C. [Caroline] came at 1 P.M.
to drive me back to dinner. Spent
P.M. in my own museum.
Sam Henshaw came to supper & spent evening.

Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] Aug. 9, 1906 [August 9, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
76 [degrees] max. [maximum]
  Brilliantly clear with light 
N.E. [northeast] wind. Pleasantly cool.
  Walked to Mus. Comp. Zoology [Museum of Comparative Zoology] at 10
A.M. and worked there on the
Bryant Collection until 1 P.M.
when C. [Caroline] called for me with "Betty"
& drove me home to dinner. Spent
P.M. writing letters. A Red-eye,
a Robin & a Chimney Swift were the
only birds noted in our garden today.
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] took tea with me, C. [Caroline] had a headache.
Escorted the former home at 8.30.

Wea. [Weather] Friday 10 [August 10, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Forenoon sunny with cool N.E. [northeast] wind.
Afternoon cloudy with rain after
five o'clock.
  Spent forenoon working on the
Bryant Collection at the Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology]
Michael Murphy drove me down &
back. In the afternoon I
wrote letters. Heard a Red-eye
singing here early this morning
& another near the Museum in the 
forenoon.