That's the image I get, accompanied by a lot of violent thrashing. This is a case of getting the image across very succinctly. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:22 AM, Mike Jing <mikezjing at hotmail.com> wrote: > \ > > Which meaning of the word "raucous" apply here? Is the bird still making noise as it is dying? > > BTW, page and line numbers are for the 2006 Penguin Deluxe Edition. > >