Truly Distinguished!

What a lovely sentence reported in this NY Times article printed on October 12! ("A Question of When Dishonesty Becomes Criminal")

(The appeals court decision affirming Mr. Black’s conviction, by Judge Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago, contained perhaps the best judicial digression of 2008. Discussing a so-called ostrich jury instruction, Judge Posner paused to say that ostriches do not in fact bury their heads in the sand. “It is pure legend and a canard on a very distinguished bird,” Judge Posner wrote.) [emphasis added]