92 Miscellaneous Circular 13, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
151. Goldeneye (Glaucionetta clangula"). (Fic. 17.) 
Range.—Two subspecies of the goldeneye occur in America, their ranges being as follows: 
European Goldeneye (Glaucionetta clangula clangula).—Breeds in the northern and migrates 
to the southern regions of Europe and Asia; one taken on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. 
American Goldeneye (Glaucioneita clangula americana).—North America. Breeds from central 
Alaska, northern Mackenzie and central Keewatin (N. W. T.), northern Ungava (Que.), and Newfound- 
land south to southern British Columbia, southern Montana, northern North Dakota, northern Michigan, 
northern New York, and northern New England; winters from the Aleutian Islands, Utah, Nebraska 
Minnesota, Lake Erie, Maine, and New Brunswick south to southern California, central Mexico, an 
Florida; occursin Bermuda. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use-—Goldeneye; whistler; whistle-wing. 
In local use.—Brasseye (Md.); brighteye (Wash.); bronzehead (for female and young) 
(Oreg.); bullhead (Md.); California goldeneye (Mo.); canard caille (quail duck) 
(Que.); canard canadien (Canadian duck) (La.); canard yankee (yankee duck) (La.); 
cobhead (N. J.); copperhead (for female and young) (Oreg., Calif.); cubhead (N. J., 
Va.); cur (N. J.); fiddler duck (Ala.); greathead (Long Id., N. Y.); ironhead (N. C.); 
jingler (N. J., Md.); king diver (Md.); little redhead (for female and young) (Mich.); 
merrywing (Conn., western end of Lake Erie); oyster duck (N. C., Miss.); pie duck 
(Nfd.); pied whistler (Conn., Long Id., N. Y.); pisque (Que.); plongeon, plongeur 
FIG. 17.—Goldeneye. 
(diver) (Que., La.); sleepy diver (Labr.); tree duck (Man.); whiffler (Md., Va., N. C.); 
whistle diver (Labr.); whistle duck (N. J., Mo.); winter duck (Mich.); wood duck 
(Ont.; Man., -Altaz oN. W: “-): 
Geographic index.—Ala., fiddler duck; Alta., wood duck; Calif., copperhead; Conn., 
merirywing, pied whistler; Labr., sleepy diver, whistle diver; La., canard canadien, 
canard yankee, plongeon, plongeur; Man., tree duck, wood duck; Md., brasseye, 
Baltecat jingler, king diver, whiffler; Mich., little redhead, merrywing, winter 
duck; Miss., oyster duck; Mo., California goldeneye, whistle duck; N/d., pie duck; 
N. J., cobhead, cubhead, cur, jingler, whistle-duck; NV. Y., greathead, pied whistler; 
N. C., ironhead, oyster duck, whiffler; NV. W. T., wood duck; Ont., merrywing, wood 
duck; Oreg., bronzehead, copperhead; Que., canard caille, pisque, plongeon, plongeur; 
Va., cubhead, whiffler; Wash., brighteye. 
BOOK NAMES. 
American garrot, American morillon, brass-eyed whistler, bucéphale d’Amérique 
(American bullhead), canard aux yeux dorés (golden-eyed duck), common goldeneye, 
common whistler, coot, garrot (the French vernacular name, referring to the sharp 
division between the dark head and pale neck), golden-eyed duck, Louisiana gadéme 
(probably a misapprehension and misapplication of the term god-damn, for which see 
No. 167), morillon (tufted duck), quindar. 
4 Clangula clangula, 
