Re: Darwins Finches.

Robert L. Curry (curry@ucis.vill.edu)
Mon, 9 Feb 1998 14:46:39 -0600

The leading alternative hypothesis regarding the ancestor to the
Geospizinae involves grassquits in the genus _Tiaris_. See Baptista, L.
F., and P. W. Trail. 1988. On the origins of Darwin's finches. Auk
105:663-671.

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