SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM N-8A

           NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(A)
                      OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

      The  undersigned  investment  company  hereby notifies  the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  that it registers  under and pursuant to the provisions of
Section 8(a) of the Investment  Company Act of 1940 and in connection  with such
notification of registration submits the following information:

NAME:  Excelsior Directional Hedge Fund of Funds (TE), LLC

ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE (NO. & STREET, CITY, STATE ZIP CODE):

225 High Ridge Rd.
Stamford, CT 06905

TELEPHONE NUMBER (INCLUDING AREA CODE):  (203) 352-4497

NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENTS FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS:

c/o David R. Bailin
U.S. Trust Hedge Fund Management, Inc.
225 High Ridge Rd.
Stamford, CT  06905

COPIES TO:
Kenneth S. Gerstein, Esq.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022

CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX:

Registrant is filing a  Registration  Statement  pursuant to Section 8(b) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of form N-8A:

Yes X            No
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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has caused this notification of registration to be duly signed on its
behalf  in the city of  Stamford  and  state of  Connecticut  on the 15th day of
March, 2007.

                                          EXCELSIOR  DIRECTIONAL  HEDGE  FUND OF
                                          FUNDS (TE), LLC
                                          (Name of Registrant)




                                          By:   /s/ David R. Bailin
                                                ----------------------
                                                Name:  David R. Bailin
                                                Title: Sole Member

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