Washington, D.C.
Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] Nov. 15, 1906 [November 15, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with heavy rain alternating with
damp snow - a gloomy chilly day.
  The attendance at the meeting fell
off to-day but the faithful were mostly there.
There were fewer lantern slides & more scientific
papers & discussions. I spent part of P.M. 
in Smithsonian gallery with Richmond & Stone.
  Council meeting at Portner, 8-11.30 P.M.
Majority repo. [report] of Code Com. [Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of North American Birds], discussed & finally passed
by 6 to 5 vote. Exciting meeting & strong feeling shown. 
Dr. Stiles, Stejneger & Gill present by invitation.
Also the whole Code Com.

Wea. [Weather] Friday 16 [November 16, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear with light N.W. [northwest] wind.
The warmest & pleasantest day for a week or more.
  The A.O.U. [American Ornithologists Union] members had been invited to
visit the Island but the weather bureau
forecast yesterday was unfavorable & the
trip was abandoned last night.
  We of the Nomenclature Committee had
an all day meeting in Smith. Gallery [Smithsonian Gallery].
Allen, Dwight, Richmond, Stone & W.B. [William Brewster]
present. Merriam sent in his resignation
(to Batchelder) we hear. He certainly did not
appear at the meeting. He is very sore over
the vote of the Council last evening. The
Committee did a good day's work chiefly
with cases of [?] nomenclature. I spent the
evening at the Merriams where I saw
[margin]besides the family, Mr. & Mrs. Bailey & 
[Mr. & Mrs] Finley[/margin]

Washington, D.C.
Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] Nov. 17, 1906 [November 17, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy.
  Spent day at Smithsonian where
our Committee met in Bird Gallery both
morning & afternoon adjourning at 5 P.M.,
however, until next April. We did a
very good day's work considering the
absence of Merriam (who has resigned) and
of Stone in the afternoon (he departed
for Phila. [Philadelphia] just after lunch.

Wea. [Weather] Sunday 18 [November 18,1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy & very warm. One or two light
showers in morning & a succession of very
heavy ones after dark this evening.
  Spent forenoon in my room writing letters.
Went to the Ontario after dinner and
had a good long talk with Henry in
his pretty apartment there. We called
on the Baileys in the evening. Their 
house is furnished with rare taste & is
full of beautiful things. Fuertes & Osgood
True calling there; Mrs. Bailey is looking
old. Her hair is very gray.
Heard Fish Crows for the first time this morning
in trees near Mrs. Baker's house.