Wea. [Weather] Sat., Dec. 1, 1906 [Saturday, December 1, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy and chilly but not frosty.
No snow left. Our lawn nearly as green
as it was a month ago.
  Spent day in Museum writing 
letters and bird notes. The Woodcock still 
alive and brighter looking but very
quiet, scarce moving all day.
  Dr. Townsend called in P.M. bringing
out some interesting birds obtained in 
Labrador - a Gyrfalcon, Horned Larks, etc.
He gave me a Black Duck, a young Titlark
and a young White-crowned Sparrow
Wea. [Weather] Sunday 2 [Sunday December 2, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
                                                                                       12 degrees       
                                                                                       22 degrees
  Clear with light N.W. [northwest] wind.
The coldest day thus far. A light
snow fall last night powdering the ground.
  Spent most of day in Museum
writing letters. No callers, no birds, [?]
House] Sparrows, in the garden
  The captive Woodcock improving in
health and spirits: he began [cooing?] about
sunset and kept it up at intervals for 
fifteen minutes.  I watched him from my
arm chair at a distance of 4 feet and
I saw him capture and swallow two earth worms.
Wea. [Weather] Mon. Dec. 3, 1906 [Monday, December 3, 1906]  Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy and warmer. Snowing all
day being but thin flakes melting
as they fell in Boston. In Cambridge
about an inch of snow covered the
ground by night.
  Spent day in Boston shopping for
Christmas. Bought a number of 
antique things (some of them for the
farm house) at Cooney's.  Also visited
the "Arts and Crafts" store & [Town?] [?]
stores. Got out at 6.30.  Attended
Nuttall Club meeting in the evening.

Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 4 [Tuesday, December 4, 1906]  Ther. [Thermometer]
                                                                                            3 degrees min      
                                                                                            14 degrees 
  Brilliantly clear and intensely 
cold with strong N.W. [northwest] wind.
  To Mus. Comp. Zool. {Museum of Comparative Zoology] at 11 a.m. 
to attend meetings of two visiting
Committees of which I am a member.
  Dr. Cheever, Dr. Folsom, Mr. Balsh, 
and Dudley [Pick---?] were there.
  Got back to the Scudders to
lunch and spent P.M.. in my
own museum writing letters
C.[Caroline] was taken with a severe attack
of her old pain this noon but it
soon passed off.