The eggs are mainly white in color sparingly overlaid with brownish or brown-red splotches. Many individuals have darker splotches on the back, and some splotchy banding on the legs. Their colouring is a variable shade of brown, mottled with yellow-brown and with darker splotches. They can be a reddish- or yellowish-brown to dull white, with darker brown splotches. Chital have several white spots, whereas fallow deer usually have white splotches. These appear as large yellow or brown splotches. Its underside is cream or white, often with orange splotches. Eggs are creamy in colour with purple splotches. The rest of its body is silvery-white to yellow and may have darker splotches. The eggs are generally white, but can range into a pale blue with darker splotches. The eggs are green with brown splotches. Others are bright blue, with or without larger red-brown splotches. Normally, two to four light brown eggs with dark brown splotches are laid. The female usually lays 4 olive-buff eggs marked with darker splotches. The paint covering the many splotches of graffiti is tacky.