Evidence of an excited angular correlation mode in high-lyingHe**

We report an ab initio calculation of the photoionization spectrum of He in the energy regime hitherto unexplored theoretically, namely, energies near the ${\mathrm{He}}^{+}$(N) states up to N=7. The recently reported experimental photoionization spectrum of He is fully reproduced by using our previously reported hyperspherical close-coupling method. We find clear evidence of an excited angular correction mode that was presumably overlooked in the analysis of the experimental data. We also present a calculated spectrum below ${\mathrm{He}}^{+}$ (N=7) as a reference for future experiments.