Darwin's Finches

Part I. Description: 1. Galapagos scene 2. Classification 3. Ecology 4. Female plumage 5. Male plumage and sexual selection 6. Beak differences and food 7. Size differences between island forms 8. Size differences between species 9. Individual variation 10. Hybridisation 11. An evolutionary tree Part II. Interpretation: 12. The origin of the Galapagos fauna 13. The origin of subspecies 14. The origin of species 15. The persistence of species 16. Adaptive radiation Summary Acknowledgements Tables of measurements References Indexes.