Grey plover

It is a waterfowl. It is called couixin because when it speaks it says couix, couix. It is quite small; it is a little larger than a dove. Its head is quite small; its bill is chili-red, black at the end, small and cylindrical. Its back, its wings, its tail are all like quail feathers; its breast alone is tawny. Its legs are chalky, very long. And when it is old, when [the feathers] are already about to go, all its feathers go, they emerge [again] tawny. This bird also rears no young here; it also comes and it also goes. It eats fish. Its flesh is edible.