Italian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that time nearly all literary work composed in the Middle Ages was written in Latin. Moreover, it was predominantly… … Universalium
Tawny Owl — ] Adaptations to night vision include the large size of the eye, its tubular shape, large numbers of closely packed retinal rods, and an absence of cone cells, since colour vision is unnecessary at night. There are few coloured oil drops, which… … Wikipedia
Scops-owl — Taxobox name = Scops owls image caption = Eurasian Scops owls, Otus scops regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neognathae superordo = Neoaves ordo = Strigiformes familia = Strigidae genus =… … Wikipedia
Scops owl — Scops owls Eurasian Scops Owls, Otus scops Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Brown Fish Owl — Adult of subspecies leschenault in Madhya Pradesh (India) Conservation status … Wikipedia
The Cry of the Owl (1987 film) — The Cry of the Owl Directed by Claude Chabrol Produced by Antonio Passalia … Wikipedia
Grass owl — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
List of Italian American mobsters — This is an alphabetical list of Italian American mobsters in the United States, regardless of the Italian place of origin of them or their families. Names without WP articles or references identifying the person as Italian American and as a… … Wikipedia
The Day of the Owl — (Italian: it. Il giorno della civetta ) is a crime novel by Leonardo Sciascia, finished in 1960 and published in 1961.It is inspired by the assassination of Accursio Miraglia, a communist trade unionist, at Sciacca in January 1947. Damiano… … Wikipedia
List of pigeon breeds — This is an alphabetical list of pigeon breeds. Pigeons and doves are members of the bird family Columbidae. Doves tend to be smaller birds and pigeons larger ones, although this distinction is not consistently applied. The birds listed here are… … Wikipedia