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A bird marked with a round spot in front of each eye ia 

 known as a " pea-eye-niarked " bird ; other eye markings consist 

 of a line in front or behind the eye, and frequently both ; and 

 in other cases the eyes are surrounded with oval or roundish 

 dark markings, known amongst fanciers as "spectacle eye 

 marks." These last-named are considered the most perfect, and 

 consequently are most esteemed. When a bird is possessed of any 

 of these appendages and a perfectly clear body in other respects 

 it is considered evenly-marked, and is termed a ." two-pointed " 

 bird. If, however, in addition to these marks it has a dark 

 feather clearly visible in either wing or the tail, then it is 

 classed with the unevenly-marked or variegated birds. If. a 

 bird is marked near one eye only, and is quite clear in colour 

 on all other parts of the body, it is known as a ticked bird. 



A bird marked in each wing, although it may have five dark 

 feathers in one wing and seven in the other, or seven in one 

 and nine in the other, or similarly marked, but appearing even 

 to the unaided eye, is considered an evenly-marked bird, and 

 is designated a " two-pointed " bird also ; but if marked at one 

 eye only and on any other part of the body including tail in 

 addition, then it becomes an unevenly-marked bird. A bird 

 marked at each eye and in each wing and nowhere else, is 

 undoubtedly the most perfect type of the evenly-marked 

 variety, and is termed a "four pointed" bird. I consider a 

 bird with well-formed spectacles or oval eye-markings, and 

 the nine secondary flying feathers in each wing coloured, the 

 beau ideal of an evenly-marked bird. Again, a bird marked 

 at each eye and each wing, and with one or two dark 

 feathers on each side of the tail (being the extreme outside 

 feathers) is also an evenly-marked bird, and is known as a 

 "six pointed" bird; but if it has only a dark feather on one 

 side of the tail it is not eligible, but with two on one side 

 and only one on the other it is still regarded as an evenly- 

 marked bird. The dark tail feathers are, in my opinion, a 

 drawback rather than an advantage, although I know that 

 some fanciers differ with me on this point. I have never 

 seen a perfect evenly-marked bird, nor do I believe one has 



