SHORT TAILED ALBATROSS Diomedea albatrus Gilmore 1931 May 8, 1931 - From Mr. Wood - Chief Summer on board I obtained my first [illegible] of this rare bird. Mr. Wood said that in 1929 (Summer) between Yakutat Bay and Seward (he thinks), he saw three large "goonies" that had white heads, breasts & bellies & slatey gray backs. From such a description it seems [illegible] that likely that they were D. albatrus May 9, 1931 Seattle, Washington There is a mounted Specimen in the Museum of the Univ. of Wash. It is of ancient vintage and the date has been lost, tho it probably came from the N. Pacific Oct. 2. Unalaska Is., Aleutian Is., Alaska. From Capt. Henry Swanson, I gather that "white goonies" were not very rare some 30-50 years ago but since then have not been seen. Only the old timers seem to have any knowledge of their existence.