The common buttonquail resembles the common quail, it has streaked sandy brown upperparts, buff underparts with black flank markings, and a plain face. In flight, a whitish wingbar contrasts with the grey wing.
By the meteorological calendar, winter always starts on 1 December. The seasons are defined as Spring (March, April, May), Summer (June, July, August), Autumn (September, October, November) and Winter (December, January, February).
Spring starts about Mar 21 ( or Sept 21 - Southern H.) Summer, about June 21 (or Dec 21 - S.H.) Fall, about Sept 21 (or Mar 21 - S.H.) Winter about Dec. 21 (or Jun 21 - S.H.) The exact time varies slightly because the orbit is just slightly more than 4X3 months per season - 365 1/4 days all together.