The structure of bone marrow from chickens and pigeons was studied with light and electron microscopy. Erythropoiesis occurs in the Iumen of the medullary sinuses. Immature erythroid cells appear to adhere to the sinus wall and may thus be prevented from entering the peripheral circulation.The wall of the medullary sinuses is formed by elongated lining cells, lacking a basement membrane, which are continuous except at sites where blood cells are passing through them.When viewed with the electron microscope, developing heterophil myelocytes, which occur only in the extravascular spaces, possess two populations of granules; one type is globular in content, the other is fibrillar in content. The globular type predominates during all stages of development and appears to be the specific granule.