In the first edition of The Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin said that It is very remarkable that a nearly perfect gradation of structure in this one group can be traced in the form of the beak, from one exceeding in dimensions that of the largest gros-beak, to another differing but little from that of a warbler".
Na primeira edición de The Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin dicía que "É moi salientable que unha gradación case perfecta da estrutura neste grupo pode ser rastreada na forma do peteiro, desde un que excede en dimensións ao do maior pimpín de peteiro groso, a outro que difire pouco do dos warblers ".