Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A duck ({Glaucionetta clangula}), found in Northern Europe,
   Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is
   larger. Called {whistler}, {garrot}, {gowdy}, {pied widgeon},
   {whiteside}, {curre}, and {doucker}. Barrow's golden-eye of
   America ({G. Islandica}) is less common.