gallinulinæ

from The Century Dictionary.

• A subfamily of aquatic paludicole birds, of the family Rallidæ and order Alectorides, having the forehead shielded by a horny boss formed by a prolongation of the culmen or mesorhinium, the bill short and stout, the feet large with long toes not webbed or lobed, but simple or slightly margined; the gallinules. See Gallinula and gallinule.