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 long bird or Hoitlallotl.

HOitlallotl or the long bird is more taken notice of for its running than for its feathers. From the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail (which also is a span long) it is extended nine inches. Its Bill is black above, cinereous underneath, three inches long, and moderately thick. Its Tail is green, but with a purplish splendour. The feathers of the whole body from white tend to fulvous, but toward the Tail from black to the same colour. Yet the feathers on the upper side of the body are black, sprinkled with white spots. It flies near the ground, and makes but short slights; but runs so swiftly that it far exceeds the speed of the fleetest horses. It lives in hot Countries, and yields no very desirable nourishment.