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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. 



1 7th. 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. 



1 9th. If a bird or birds walk away from the trap, the 

 judges may declare " no bird." 



2oth. 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 bird? are not to be. 

 charged to the party shooting ; but if tl^ 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, he, 

 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 anouier party 



