Rail (bird)

Its home is in the forest. As for its being called popocales, it speaks so. Always in the twilight and at dawn, it says popocales. And it frequents the canyons; it lives there in [the provinces of] Toztlan [and] Catemahco. It eats fish. It is the size of a duck, only a little taller. Its bill is pointed, rather round, chili-red. Its eyes are chili-red. Its head is dark yellow. Its neck, its back, its breast, its tail are ashen. The undertail coverts are white, but are slightly ashen. Its legs are chili-red. It is edible.