Several bands of the (A) over tilde (IIu)-I-1-(X) over tilde(1) Sigma(g)(+) transition of C-3 have been observed between 24868 and 25140 cm(-1) in a liquid-nitrogen cooled discharge through methane and helium. The spectra were taken cm with a frequency-doubled cw Ti:sapphire ring laser, Bands were observed either in stimulated emission or in absorption, The stimulated emission spectra include the bands 020-000 (IIu(-)-I-1)-(1) Sigma(g)(+), 020-020 (IIu(-)-I-1)-(1) Sigma(g)(+), 020-020 (IIu(-)-I-1)-(1) Delta(g), and 020-020 (1) Phi(u)-(1) Delta(g). Analysis shows that entanglement of the 020-000 (IIu(-)-I-1)-(1) Sigma(g)(+) band with tile previously unanalyzed 020-020 (1) Phi(u)-(1) Delta(g) band has led to flaws in past rotational analyses of the (A) over tilde 020 (IIu(-)-I-1) level. The absorption spectra include two bands for which the positions of the Q branch heads were reported previously [Can. J. Phys. 45, 4103 (1967)]. We confirm that the first band is the 002-100 (IIu)-I-1-(1) Sigma(g)(+) band, as suggested by Balfour Et ad. [J. Chem. Phys. 101, 10343 (1994)], and show that the second is the 102-200 (IIu)-I-1-(1) Sigma(g)(+) band.