Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] WED. [Wednesday] JULY 1, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear, calm, warm. Thunder muttering
in P.M. but no rain. 
  Spent most of day in Museum
writing letters & lying on couch reading.
Dr. Jewitt called at 9.30. My sciatica
better but I am still very lame. 
James & the birds picking cherries. They
are the best & most abundant for
years. Crows are taking some of them.
A big frog which looks like a bull
in the little Museum pool. He says 
nothing. 

Wea. [Weather] THURSDAY 2 [July 2, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Oppressively hot.
Forenoon sunny; afternoon cloudy
with thunder muttering towards N.W. [northwest] 
  Spent day in Museum writing
letters & cheques for bills. A Redstart
singing in lilacs at 10 A.M. Did not
see him. Two Black-bill Cuckoos have
haunted the garden all the season. I
found their nest to-day in the lilacs
within six feet of where the Yellowbills
nested in the smoke tree last year.
  C.H. Watrous of Chester, Conn. called
at 2 P.M. He has changed but better
since 1897.

Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] FRI. [Friday] JULY 3, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Forenoon sunny. Late afternoon cloudy
with distant thunder. Oppressively warm. Wind W. [west]
  Spent day in Museum writing letters
and reading. Dr. Jouett called at 9.30.
My sciatica & the shingles troublesome again.
I had a good deal of pain last night &
am very lame to-day. C. [Caroline Brewster], E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] & I
take all our meals on the back piazza.
The garden is swarming with mosquitos
& many of them get into the house.
Bird song declining daily but Robins,
Red-eye & Yellow thr. Vireos [yellow throated vireo] sing freely in
early morning.

Wea. [Weather] SATURDAY 4 [July 4, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Forenoon sunny. Afternoon cloudy.
Heavy thunder shower 1 P.M. lighter one 3 P.M.
Oppressively hot all day.
  Spent most of day in Museum
writing letters & bird notes. Saw a big 
Green Frog swim under water across the
little pond in front of Museum and then 
attempt to seize a bathing Robin.
Birds singing freely up to 10 a.m. Heard
Robins, a Red-eye, Yellow throat [yellow throated vireo] & Warbling
Vireo, a Redstart, Yellow Warbler, Chippy,
Black-bill Cuckoo & Downy. C. & E.R.S.
read aloud to me after dinner.
[margin]Family party of Orioles in Garden[/margin]