Holmes, R 1959 6. Erolia melanotis 25 june Barrow, Alaska Several territorial males seen near the east census plots and in the area between there and Wyckliff's Slough. A group of 7 males were seen along the northern edge of Central Marsh and groups 1, 2 and 3 even seen throughout the tundra. Apparently these funds have deserted their tundras and are beginning their flocking. Three males were collected today to problems To study the anatomy related to the chest inflation. These were examined and it soon found that there are two air sacs which extend up the neck to the front of the skull. There are separated by septa and each side could be blowing separately. When air was forced into the trachea it seemed that it went directly to the lungs or other air sacs posteriorly then it seems to move forward toward the neck sacs. Upon injecting ink into one of the sacs it seems that the connecting canal may go through the breast muscle into the body cavity. The skin in the neck region is very [illegible]