The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq, fellow of the Royal Society in three books : wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates : translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work : to which are added, Three considerable discourses, I. of the art of fowling, with a description of several nets in two large copper plates, II. of the ordering of singing birds, III. of falconry / by John Ray ...

Of the Wood-pecker that breeds in the time when the rains fall.

QUatotoni is a kind of Woodpecker of the bigness of a Hoopoo, varied with a black and brown colour. Its Bill, wherewith it perforates trees, is three inches long, strong and white, the nether Chap the shorter. Its Head is small, covered with a red plumage, adorned also with a red crest, three inches long, and black at top. On each side the Neck goes down a white stroke [fascia] as low as the breast. Its Legs and feet are of a livid or lead-colour. It lives not far from the South Sea: Builds upon high trees: Feeds upon Cicadae, or Tlaolli, Worms, and other Insects. It breeds in the time that the rains fall, that is from the month of May to September. It is neither good to eat, nor useful for any thing else that I have heard of.