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Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, the many species of which are found chiefly in the northern hemisphere, but also to a limited extent in Africa and South America.
There are many other birds in other groups which are called finches, notably the very similar-looking Estrildids or waxbills, which occur in the Old World tropics and Australia.
Some of the closely related sparrows are also named as "finches", as are some buntings.
HMS Beagle, and his observations of the finches in particular, are known to have contributed to the formulation of his theory of evolution by natural selection.
The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner is the author of the book on evolution, The Beak of the Finch.
The remaining land-birds form a most singular group of finches, related to each other in the structure of their beaks, short tails, form of body and plumage: there are thirteen species, which Mr.
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