The Curator’s Report. 
Owing to the success of our last report, of 1905, which was 
almost wholly devoted to the ‘Fishes of New Jersey,” we have 
- concluded in the present volume to continue the “Fishes of New 
Jersey” as a supplement, and take as our principal subject the 
“Amphibians and Reptiles of New Jersey,’ prepared by the 
same author, also to be fully and similarly illustrated. The 
Museum Commission is pleased to know that the last report 
has been very favorably received by the State officials and the 
public. We have received, and are still receiving, many compli- 
mentary letters. Great credit is due to Mr. Fowler for the 
excellent manner in which he has presented the subject. Messrs. 
MacCrellish & Quigley, printers, deserve much credit for their 
painstaking efforts to make it a success. 
We feel that this work will be creditable not only to the New 
Jersey State Museum, but to its Commission and all connected 
with it. With the completion of the present volume a complete 
account of the interesting cold-blooded vertebrates, so far as our 
knowledge will permit at present, is for the first time offered. 
We trust, if for this alone, our work will claim a generous indul- 
gence on the part of the public, and fill a long apparent want. 
The Curator and the Commission now feel that their aim to 
establish a first-class educational museum is beginning to be 
appreciated by the State officials and the public. Although with 
the work just begun they feel much has been accomplished in a 
short time and with a very small outlay of money by the State. 
Their purpose will still be to continue on the same lines as carried 
on thus far. of 
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