Some eggs are blotched with dark reddish brown at the large end. The breast and flanks are variably blotched with black. The eggs can sometimes be blotched with brown, olive-brown or grey spots. The limbs are blotched or banded with gray. There can be colored patterns too, such striped, spotted, blotched, banded, or otherwise boldly patterned. They build open nests in trees, and lay two eggs with blotched markings. The ventral (under) surface is off-white blotched with yellow or gray. The ventrals never appear to be immaculate, but are intermediately blotched with brown. Occasionally, a female produces red eggs or blotched eggs. They can be blotched, checkered, or patternless. They are green above and blotched with purple underneath. They are sometimes blotched and sometimes solid-colored. Camera craft purged the picture of the editorial rash that blotched the Steinbeck book. Sencha mac Ailella blotched face by correcting his biased judgement against women. The scales of the young were blotched.