irrorated

On the 12th May one nest contained three eggs of a rosy-white, thickly irrorated and blotched with purple or deep claret colour, and at the larger end confluently stained with dull purple, appearing as if beneath the shell.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

It constructs its nest at the base of bushes, the eggs being three in number, of a faint greenish grey, thickly irrorated with small reddish-brown specks.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

"The eggs were three in number, of a pale bluish hue, irrorated with specks of rufous-brown, and chiefly so at the larger end, where they form an ill-defined ring.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870