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may declare " no bird " ; but if they do not say " no bird," 

 the party at the score must wait for the bird or birds to rise. 



17th. In double-bird shooting, should only one bird fly, 

 it is to be charged to the party shooting, whether he may 

 have shot or not. 



1 8th. Should two birds be killed with one barrel, they 

 are to be credited to the party shooting. 



19th. If a bird or birds walk away from the trap, the 

 judges may declare " no bird." 



20th. A bird must be on the wing when shot at. 



MISSING FIRE. 

 2 1 st. In case a percussion-cap or primer, as the case 

 may be, fails to explode, the bird or birds are not to be 

 charged to the party shooting ; but if the cap or prime* 

 explodes without igniting a charge, or if, after his giving 

 the word to pull, his gun proves not to have been cocked, 

 or not to have been properly loaded, and it fails to fire, h& 

 will be held to have missed. 



BALKING. 



22d. If, in the opinion of the judges, the party at the 

 score is balked, or in any manner obstructed by his oppo- 

 nent, or any person other than his own backers, he may 

 be allowed to trap another bird, in accordance with the 

 decision of the judges. 



23d. In single-bird shooting, when more than one rises 

 at a time, either of the judges may call "no bird," if he or 

 they think proper ; but if the party at the score has shot 

 at a bird, it will be charged to him. 



24th. If a bird or birds shall fly towards the parties within 

 the bounds, in such a manner that to shoot at them would 

 involve the wounding of any of the parties referred to, the 

 judges, or either of them, may decide " no bird." 



25th. If a bird in its flight is shot at by another party 



