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    They aren't hooded. They are actually what's called "banded". The one on the right with a lot of white looks like it might be a cap-stripe, but hard to tell from that angle.

    Those markings aren't exactly standardized, and typically come from dominant white spotting (also incorrectly called "high white"). They may be mixed with the H-locus markings (from which Berkshire and hooded arise).

    Blazes can be associated with the dominant spotting, but are also associated with the H-locus markings. There are different genes responsible for the blazing. With the cap-stripe and banded markings, blazes are pretty common. In H-locus markings, you are more likely to see the blazes on variegated, sometimes berkshire (though berkshire with blaze can also be from the dominant spotting).
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