found: Thayer, Jane. A contrary little quail, 1968(DLC)68010121
found: Britannia, viewed November 16, 2022(quail, any of roughly 130 species of small short-tailed game birds classified in the families Phasianidae and Odontophoridae (order Galliformes), resembling partridges but generally smaller and less robust. New World quail--at least 32 species whose members more nearly resemble Old World partridges--constitute the family Odontophoridae.)
found: Merriam Webster, viewed December 15, 2022(quail: any of numerous small gallinaceous birds; plural: quail or quails)
