canvasback ducks are considered the finest of the water-fowls for the table.
The canvasback duck is so called from the appearance of the feathers on the back.
The Redhead closely resembles in flavor the canvasback, and often is mistaken for it.
He is a twin brother of the canvasback, and quite as good to eat.
The red-head, both species of the scaups, the canvasback and the ruddy are commonly found on the fresh-waters.
Bingham bowed over his glass, and regretted that canvasback ducks and terrapin were not yet in season.
The canvasback is superior in flavor to any other species of wild duck, and is much esteemed.
When I have a canvasback duck before me I dont think of anything else while its there.
I told James twas a canvasback, and he blazed away at it, but missed it by three fathom, as might have been expected.
Many of these ducks, as articles of food, compare favorably with our mallard and canvasback.