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PHAETHONTIDjE. 
Genus SC^EOPHAETHON Mathews. 
Scaeophaethon Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. ii. p. 56, Oct. 23rd, 1913. 
Type (by original designation) : Phaethon mhricauda westralis 
Mathews: new name for Phcenicurus Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. 
Acad. Sei. Paris, vol. xli. p. 1115, end Dec. 1855. Type (by 
lnonotypy): P. rubricauda Bodd. Not Phan lie urns Forster, 
Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 10, Dec. 1817. 
Scaeophaethon rubricauda (Boddaert). 
Distr . —Indian and Pacific Oceans. 
[Scaeophaethon rubricauda rubricauda (Boddaert). (26-451.) 
Phaeton rubricauda Boddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enlum. p. 57 (pref. 
Dec. 1st), 1783: Mauritius. 
Distr. —Tropical parts of Indian Ocean (breeding in Round 
Island, near Mauritius). Extra-limital.] 
Scaeophaethon rubricauda novaehollandiae (Brandt). 
Pha'ethon novceholtandice Brandt, Mem. l’Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb. 
ser. vi. vol. v. pt. ii. p. 272, Oct. 1840: Lord Howe Island. (Pig. 
Gould, vii. pi. 73.) 
Phaethon rubricauda erube&cens Rothschild, Avif. Laysan, pt. iii. p. 296, Dec. 
1990 : Kermadec Islands. Not Gray, List Sp. Birds B.M. pt. iii. p. 182, 
1844 : as synonym of Phwnieuru s phcenicurus Gmelin = rubricauda Boddaert. 
Scxopharthon rubricauda roseatincta Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xlvi. 
p. 60, Jau. 30th, 1926: now name for erubescens Rothschild as above. 
Distr. —Kermadec, Lord Howe, Norfolk, and liaine Islands. 
Scaeophaethon rubricauda westralis (Mathews). 
Phaethon rubricauda westralis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. 
p. 88, Sept. 18th, 1912 : (Rottnest Island) = lIoutman , s Abrolhos, 
West Australia. (Pig- Math. iv. pi. 231.) 
Distr. —West Australia to Christinas Island (Indian Ocean). 
Scaeophaethon rubricauda melanorhynchus (Gm.). 
Phaethon melanorhynchus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 582, 
1789 : Turtle and Palmerston Islands. 
Distr. —Palmerston and Society Islands. 
Scaeophaethon rubricauda rothschildi Mathews. 
Scaeophaethon rubricauda rothschildi Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. iv. 
p. 303. 1915: Laysan Islands. 
Scaeophaethon rubricauda brevirostris Mathews, ib. : Bonin Inlands. 
Distr. —Laysan Islands to Bonin Islands. 
