a genus of birds belonging to the order of passerines. See ORNITHOLOGY Index.

FRIIO, a small island on the coast of the Brasils, situated in 32° 2' S. Lat. and 41° 31' 45" W. Long. The land of Frio is high, with a hollow in the middle, which gives it, at a distance, the appearance of two separate islands. The passage between the island and the continent is about a mile broad, and seemed to Sir Efraim Gower to be clear from shoals.