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The eyes are prominent and very full. A good full eye 

 has quite a bearing on the tout ensemble of the bird ; and a 

 good bright eye, full and prominent, lends quite a charm to 

 its appearance. 



The gullet should be full and deep. It should begin at the 

 lower mar dible, near the tip, and reach down the throat to 

 the frill. 



The frill is a big point and one of the best ones about the 

 bird. It is oval in shape, parts at the centre, and forms the 

 rose, curling in every direction. Xow in the Chinese Owl, 

 the frill does not stop at the gullet, but parts and extends up 

 each side of the neck and back to the head, and this forms 

 what are known a& whiskers. These should be as full as 

 possible. 



The legs of the Owl are short with barely any thigh that is 

 noticeable, and the feet are small and neat. 



In the English, the colors are Black, Blue, Red, Yellow, 

 Powdered Blue, Silver and Powdered Silver. 



The Africans come Black, Blue and White. Also blacks 

 with white tails, and whites with black tails. 



The Chinese run White, Blue and Black, blacks with white 

 tails, whites with black tails. They also have blue tails. 

 Owls should have clean legs; no feathers below the hock. 



In the solid Owls, the color runs solid all over the body. 

 In tail marked, the body color is solid, and the tail marking 

 begins at the rump. White tail birds have the same general 

 characteristic, the white marking beginning at the rump. 



Blues have a black bar across the wing covert, and a black 

 ha.nd near the end of the tail. Silvers have a brownish bar, 

 on the coverts, and the same band at tail. In Powdered-blues, 

 the neck, flight, and tail run darker in color. Powdered- sil- 

 vers run darker in necks, flights, and tails. 



