To the delight of hunters, (and early birders) the first Ring-necked Pheasant introduced into the US arrived at Port Townsend on March 13, 1881, according to historylink.org.

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8444

Doug Parrott
bird_cage at msn.com
Edmonds Wa.