<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">clay pigeons</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>targets</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>clay pigeon</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pigeons, clay</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>skeet target</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Disc-like, saucer-shaped targets, about 4 1/2 inches in diameter and 1/2 inch thick hurled through the air from a trap in the sports of skeet and trapshooting; first developed in the 1860s and made of baked clay, now usually a mixture of river silt and pitch. ]]></note></mads>