ns1.stackdns.com has no CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig ns1.stackdns.com. NS
Answer
The response has no answer records.
Authority
stackdns.com. 289 SOA ns1.stackdns.com. hostmaster.stackdns.com. 1453467320 3600 900 1209600 300
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0