Editing Common quail (section)

==Description==
The common quail is a small compact [[gallinaceous]] bird {{cvt|16|-|18|cm|in|frac=2}} in length with a wingspan of {{cvt|32|-|35|cm|in|frac=2}}.{{sfn|Cramp|1980|p=496}} The weight is {{cvt|70|to|140|g|oz|frac=4}}. It is greatest before migration at the end of the breeding season. The female is generally slightly heavier than the male.{{sfn|Cramp|1980|p=503}} It is streaked brown with a white eyestripe, and, in the male, a white chin. As befits its migratory nature, it has long wings, unlike the typically short-winged gamebirds. According to Online Etymology Dictionary, "small migratory game bird of the Old World, late 14c. (early 14c. as a surname, Quayle), from Old French ''quaille'' (Modern French ''caille''), perhaps via Medieval Latin ''quaccula'' (source also of Provençal ''calha'', Italian ''quaglia'', Portuguese ''calha'', Old Spanish ''coalla''), or directly from a Germanic source (compare Dutch ''kwakkel'', Old High German ''quahtala'', German ''Wachtel'', Old English ''wihtel''), imitative of the bird's cry. Or the English word might have come up indigenously from Proto-Germanic."<ref name=Hume1880/>