Neji has the purest blood of the Hyuugas, there is no way Hinata is going to be able to do more then him just because she was put into a different house doesnt make her more talented. did you miss that whole arc [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]
as for the bird eyes - from that translation i would say its a guy, it doesnt look too girlish apart from the hair..
it seems that the crouched down thing might be a woman, or gay because bird eyes said that his/her husband should watch

also about the HInata/Neji thing - Neji = jounin, Hinata = chuunin nuff said