The bird chatas is subject to me’ilah from when it is consecrated. [Once] it under- goes melikah, it becomes prepared to be dis- qualified through [contact with] a tevul yom, through [contact with] a mechussar kippurim, or through remaining past its time. [Once] its blood is sprinkled [on the Altar], one is liable on its account for piggul, nossar, or tamei, and it is no longer subject to me’ilah.