By what other name is the bird the landrail known?
HMS Landrail (1806) American privateers did suffer a number of killed and wounded. "Landrail" was paid off October 1816. She was sold in or about 1818. "Landrail"’s flag went to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis where it hangs with a number of other captured flags. On 11 July 1896, almost exactly 92 years after the first "Landrail"s capture by "Syren", the torpedo gunboat HMS "Landrail" rammed and sank the clipper merchant ship "Siren". The "Siren" was a large four-masted vessel carrying a cargo of wool and tallow from Sydney to Britain. The accident occurred on a clear night, some thirty miles
What Bird is That? Edition What Bird is That?" was published by Australia's Heritage Publishing in 2011, the latest release of Cayley’s “big bird book” complete with Lindsey’s revisions. It is 832 pages, features 769 birds and includes all 460 of Cayley’s full-colour paintings, many showing groups of related birds. New to this edition was an accompanying e-book "What Bird Call is That?", which identifies and illustrates 101 birds from "What Bird is That?", as well as providing sound files of each featured bird’s distinctive call. The sound files were provided by David Stewart. "What Bird is That?" plays a central role in Australian