Rail (bird)

Review bycanaryswear· 2026-11-04

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.