Ko ling

Ko ling *pigeon whistle of China, an aeolian pipe tied to the tails of birds to protect them from birds of prey while in flight. The whistles are tubular or globular, the latter type being made of dried fruit husks or gourds with the top cut off and replaced by a whistle, the tubular ones of bamboo. Sometimes they occur as multiple whistles, made up of as many as 15 pipes in 3 rows. Their chief use is in Peking, where as many as 40 varieties have been known. Also called hsiao tse, ko tse (132…