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	Scorpius -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		However, the scorpion was also placed up there, and every time it appears on the horizon, Orion starts to sink into the other side of the sky, still running from the attacker.
		Scorpius also appears in one version of the fable of (Type genus of the Phaethontidae) Phaethon, a foolish mortal who obtained permission to drive the (Greek god of light; god of prophesy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis) Apollo's sun-chariot for a day.
		Finally, ((Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus) Jupiter struck him down with a thunderbolt to stop the rampage.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sc/scorpius.htm (485 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds)
		Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds)
		The birds bear a passing resemblance to terns with elongate tail feathers.
		Only a single species is found in eastern North America and only then as a rare stray to the coasts of the southeastern United States.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/pelican/tropicb.htm (66 words)

	MavicaNET - Tropikvögel (Phaethontidae) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Katalog / Natur / Leben / Tiere (Animalia) / Vögel (Aves) / Ruderfüßer (Pelecaniformes) / Tropikvögel (Phaethontidae)
		Whenever I see one I recall the first impression it left on me so many years ago."
		This file contains a systematic overview of Phaethontidae, featuring links to books, other pages on the web about Phaethontidae, pictures etc. Common names in different languages may be also available as well as a short dutch description to the taxon.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/deu/22729.html (204 words)

	worldbirder.com - Bird thumbnails from the search Phaethontidae Displaying 1 to 2 of 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		worldbirder.com - Bird thumbnails from the search Phaethontidae Displaying 1 to 2 of 2
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	www.worldbirder.com /photonew/xpages/search.asp?WBsearch=Phaethontidae (50 words)

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