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beneath the skin below the left eye. This pellet did not fracture 
the bone of the skull, but stunned the bird, which was killed 
by violent contact with the ground. 
10. Cock bird, struck by two pellets ; one pellet pierced 
the windpipe, and one pellet reached the heart by passing 
through the breast-bone a little to the left of its centre, and this 
pellet may be said to have killed the bird. 
11. Cock bird, struck by six pellets ; four pellets caused 
only superficial flesh wounds on the breast ; one pellet cracked 
the shin-bone of the right leg, one pellet entered under the 
head near the base of the lower mandible, and, lodging in the 
brain, killed the bird. No. 4 shot was found in this bird. 
12. Hen bird, struck by two pellets ; one pellet fractured 
one of the smaller bones of a wing, and the other pellet bruised, 
but did not fracture, the bone of the skull below the left eye. 
This pellet stunned the bird, which was killed by its violent 
contact with the ground. 
13. Cock bird, struck by five pellets ; two pellets caused 
superficial flesh wounds on the left side of the breast, one pellet 
penetrated the pectoral muscles and breast-bone, and reached 
the heart. Another pellet fractured the lower mandible, 
and the fifth pellet struck the left side of the head near the 
eye, and, passing through the bone, lodged in the brain. This 
is the only bird in the series that received two fatal wounds, 
and the size of shot found in it was No. 7. 
14. Cock bird, struck by two pellets ; one pellet fractured 
the hand-bone of the left wing, and the other pellet pene- 
trated the pectoral muscle at the right side of the breast-bone, 
and, lodging in the heart, killed the bird. 
15. Hen bird, struck by three pellets ; one pellet entered 
the abdominal cavity to one side of the end of the breast- 
