The Curator's Report. 



The success of our last two Reports, "The Fishes of New Jer- 

 sey" and "The Amphibians and Reptiles of New Jersey," both 

 prepared by the same gentleman, Mr. Henry W. Fowler, has 

 caused the Curator of the State Museum to^ take for this Report 

 "The Mammals of New Jersey," which subject-matter has been 

 prepared by Mr. Witmer Stone, of the Conservator Ornitho- 

 logical Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia, a gentleman who has a national reputation as a Nat- 

 uralist. To this is added a Supplement to the last two Reports 

 edited by Henry W. Fowler. 



The Report of 1906, "The Amphibians and Reptiles of New 

 Jersey," is equal, if not superior, in some respects, to that of 1905 

 ("The Fishes of New Jersey"), and the printers, Messrs. Mac- 

 Crellish & Quigley, have given us a report that has never been 

 surpassed. This report is receiving general commendation from 

 the public. It is a great addition to the State literature. 



We feel that the present Report will be a credit not only to the 

 New Jersey State Museum, its Commission and Curator, but to 

 the State and all connected with it. We feel that the three 

 reports will be of great value, educationally, to the State. 



The object of the Commission .and Curator of the Museum in 

 establishing a purely first-class Museum is beginning to be appre- 

 ciated by the authorities and by the citizens of the State. This 

 is shown by the hearty support given us by the State officers, the 

 Legislature and others interested in the cause of education. We 

 expect to continue our efforts on the same lines. 



Having been asked b}^ the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposi- 

 tion Commission to prepare several exhibits for the Jamestown 

 Exposition, our Commission consented to dO' so, and, conse- 



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