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HIALEAH S IBIS FLOCK MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 24 The famed Flamingo flock at Hialeah Park will have some spirited competition this. winter in the point of popularity and bright colored plumage. While the pink-tinted birds pretty well boss things at one end of the island-dotted lake infield, they have yet to infringe on the territory now held at the other end by the recently imported band of Sacred Ibis. The Ibis is a genus of wading bird, one species of which was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. There are some forty in the flock and they hail from South America. Although outnumbered by the Cuban Flamingoes, which are 350 strong, the brilliant scarlet feathering of the Ibis more than offsets the numerical disadvantage. In size j the Flamingo is a much taller bird with three webbed toes, long in leg and a snubbed beak. The Ibis has unwebbed feet with three toes fore and one aft-for balancing. Tho beak of the Ibis is long and pointed, curving slightly toward the end.
