Curator’s Report 
The report this year consists mostly of the indices of the Report for 
1905, “The Fish of New Jersey”; the Report for 1906, “The Amphibian 
and Reptiles of New Jersey”; the Report for 1907, “The Mammals of 
New Jersey"; the Report for 1908, “The Birds of New Jersey”; the Re¬ 
port for 1909, “The Insects of New Jersey”; the Report for 1910, “The 
Plants of Southern New Jersey, With Especial Reference to the Flora 
of the Pine Barrens”; and the Report for 1911, “The Crustacea 
(Crabs) of New Jersey.” This is done, as several of the reports have 
supplements in other reports, and in this way the subject or name can 
be readily found. 
It is the intention of the Museum Commission to place this report 
in the State and school libraries and institutions having- a set of the 
Reports of the New Jersey State Museum on the Natural, History 
Subjects. The report will contain an indices of the technical and 
common names and also the illustrations of these reports. We believe 
it will be a great benefit to those who wish to consult the reports. 
THE REPORT FOR 1911. 
The Museum Commission was greatly disappointed in the Report 
for 1911. We intended to have for the natural history part of the 
report a paper on “The Fresh and Salt Water Shell Fish of New 
Jersey.” It was very nearly completed when the compiler of the paper 
was taken sick, and therefore could not finish this part of the report. 
So we then had to substitute for that part “The Crustacea of New 
Jersey,” by Mr. Henry W. Fowler, of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 
at Philadelphia, who compiled the papers on “The Fish of New Jersey” 
and the paper on “The Amphibians and Reptiles of New Jersey.” The 
paper on the Crustacea was intended for a later report, but Mr. Fowler 
kindly consented to prepare the paper at a great sacrifice to himself, 
as he was obliged to give up his vacation. On account of this delay 
the 1911 report is late in being distributed. 
We hope to be able to have the Shell Fish paper ready for the next 
year’s report. 
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