I'KiEOXS AXD ALL AUOUT TIIEM. l-IU 



The uycs are prominent and very fuU. A };ij(id full eyr 

 has quite a bearing;' on the tout ensemble of the bird: ami a 

 {^ootl briglit eye, full and prominent, lends (juitc a uharjn to 

 its appearance. 



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

 lower mardible, near the tip, and reach down the tliroat to 

 the frill. 



The frill is a big point and one of the Itest (lUes about the 

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

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

 the frill does not stop at the gullet, but i)arts and extends u}! 

 each side of the neck and l)ack to tlie head, and this forms 

 what are known as whiskers. These should lie as full as 

 possible. 



The legs of the Owl are sliort witli barely any thigli that is 

 noticeable, and the feet are small and neat. 



In the Knglish, the colors are Black, Ijlue, Ked, 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 Wliite, 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 liock. 



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 rumji. 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 

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

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

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

 vers run darker in necks, flights, and tails. 



