It represents the coming of Spring in some places and Summer in others. It was a fighting bird and so depicted courage and victory in battle for the Romans. Asteria changed into a quail to escape Zeus. It was sacrificed to the Tyrian Baal. Hinduism associates the quail with the coming of Spring.
Chinese myth associates the quail closely with the phoenix, both being birds of fire.
In imperial times the quail was an emblem of the Czar. Ram Mostly represented male fertility. It was usually associated with sun gods, and sometimes with storm or thunder gods. The ram was a solar symbol of creative heat and personified Amon-Ra. The Sacred Ram of Mendes embodied the souls of Ra, Osiris, Kephera and Shu.