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beak  should  also  be  free  from  dark  stains.  The  description  of  evenly  marked  birds 
given  in  Chapter  XXII  will  apply  equally  to  the  Yorkshire,  but  in  this  case  a  bird 
marked  only  on  both  eyes  or  both  wings,  or  both  sides  of  tail — in  other  words  an 
even-marked  two-pointed  bird — is  classified  as  an  uneven-marked  and  must  be 
shown  as  such.  It  therefore  follows  that  in  the  Yorkshire  Fancy,  for  exhibition 
purposes,  only  four  and  six  pointed  specimens  are  regarded  as  evenly-marked 
birds. 
TICKS    AND    UNEVEN  MARKS- 
In  these  classes  we  have  the  types  which  are  frequently  confused.    A  ticked 
bird  is  one  which  has  only  one  technical  mark  either  with  or  without  any  other 
marking  on  the  body.  Thus  a  bird  may 
have  one  eye,  or  wing,  or  tail  mark  and  be 
perfectly  clear  on  all  other  parts,  or  in 
addition  to  one  such  technical  mark  it  may 
bear  any  other  variegation  on  other  parts  of 
its  body — back,  breast,  shoulders,  head,  etc. — 
excepting  only  the  points  where  technical 
marks  exist,  and  it  is  still  a  ticked  bird, 
whether  such  additional  variegation  be  much 
or  little  in  quantity.  An  uneven-marked  bird 
may  possess  two,  three,  or  five  technical 
marks  either  alone,  or,  as  in  the  case  of 
ticked  birds,  with  any  other  variegation  on 
other  parts  of  the  body.  Even-marked  four 
and  six  pointed  birds  with  variegation  on  other  parts  of  the  body  are  also  classed 
as  uneven-marked.  Therefore  an  even-marked  bird  is  either  a  four  or  a  six 
pointed  specimen  with  no  other  variegation  at  all ;  a  ticked  bird  is  one  having 
only  one  technical  mark  ;  and  an  uneven-marked  bird  is  one  having  more  than 
one  technical  mark.  The  absence  or  existence  of  any  other  variegation  has 
no  effect  at  all  so  far  as  proper  classification  is  concerned,  save  only  in  the 
case  of  even-marked  four  and  six  pointed  specimens  when  the  presence  of 
any  other  variegation  in  addition  to  the  marks  relegates  the  bird  to  the  uneven- 
marked  class,  whilst  the  complete  absence  of  such  other  variegation  constitutes  it 
a  recognised  even-marked  show  specimen. 
Besides  the  bad  points  we  have  already  incidentally  mentioned  there  are 
others  worthy  of  special  mention  which  one  must  seek  to  avoid  when  selecting 
stock  for  the  breeding  cage,  or  where  it  is  not  deemed  politic  on  account  of  scarcity 
of  stock  to  discard  all  decidedly  faulty  birds  for  breeding,  to  choose  for  them  mat^g 
with  corresponding  excellencies  to  compensate  these  faulty  points.  A  bad  head, 
with  a  large  thick  beak,  flat  crown  and  browy  eyes,  should  only  be  tolerated  when 
stock  is  at  a  premium,  and  only  then  if  it  can  be  mated  with  a  nice  small  round- 
Snakey  heads  and  thin  necks  which 
come  from  the  Belgian  are  serious 
blemishes  in  the  Yorkshire. 
