Word: canvasbacks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...limit of 15 is continued. The possession limit is double the bag limit. There is a limit of ten to a bag on canvasback, redhead, scaup, ringneck, all teals, gadwalls and shovellers. The bag limit on eider ducks is five. Ruddy ducks and buffle-heads are added to the protected list. The bag limit on mourning doves is reduced from 25 to 18. The limit on live decoys (last year, ten) is 25, except in California, where they are protected...
...liquor they could drink, beds, valets, and music. And inasmuch as at no time were all the guests incapacitated or otherwise absent, Penrose never left the ball room, the center of the merry-making." Typical Penrose meal: "A dozen raw oysters, chicken gumbo, a terrapin stew, two canvasback ducks, mashed potatoes, lima beans, macaroni, asparagus, cole slaw and stewed corn, one hot mince pie and a quart of coffee. All of which he stowed away while he drank a bottle of sauterne, a quart of champagne, and several cognacs...