14 The American Geologist. January, i90(» 
sent the modified, attenuated northern portion of the Washita 
division and probably a portion of the P>edericksburg division 
of the Comanche series of Texas," while professor Cragin 
believes that the beds form another division of the Comanche 
s-eries and proposes the name Kiowa for the group which, 
"represent a group of sediments intermediate between the 
Fredericksburg and the Washita division." The writer has 
neither the inclination nor the ability to intelligently discuss 
these questions. They must finally be settled by the paleontol- 
ogist. The consensus of opinion however seems to be in 
favor of the position taken by professor Hill. 
In 1895 the writer collected fossils in both the Belvidere 
and Clark County localities for the Johns Hopkins University, 
and in 1896 he was with professor Prosser's party in the 
employ of the Kansas Geological Survey. As the result of 
the study by this party professor Prosser's paper mentioned 
above was written. 
In October 1896 Dr. Lester F. Ward and Mr. T. Wayland 
Vaughan of the U. S. Geological Survey studied the exposures 
of the Comanche in this locality. Collections of fossil leaves 
and shells were made. Dr. Ward read a paper embodying a 
report of the work before the Philosophical Society of Wash- 
ington, which was reported in "Science."* Mr. Vaughan also 
published the results of his investigation in a short report 
entitled, "Additional Notes on the Outlying Areas of the 
Comanche Series in Oklahoma and Kansas. "t 
During the summer of 1897 the writer formed a member of 
Dr. Ward's party which spent nearly a month in this locality. 
Other members of the party were Paul and Mark White, stu- 
dents of Southwest Kansas college, interested in local geology. 
The time was chiefly occupied in collecting fossil leaves in 
the Cheyenne sandstone^ but a number of sections were 
taken and stratigraphical studies made. Dr. Ward published 
a brief resume of the work done.t By his advice the writer 
published the result of some investigations which were made 
during this time in a paper entitled, "On a Series of Transi- 
*Science, N. S., vol. IV, p. 883, 1896. 
tAm. Journal Sci.,vol. IV, pp. 43-50, 1897. 
^Science, N. S., vol. VI, p. 815. 
